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horizontality

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Example Sentences for horizontality

But, for the sake of the second contrast, we are to have gracefulness and ease, as well as horizontality.

Hence in normal cases its horizontality is an index of the orientation of the head.

His hand supported his chin so that his long straggling beard protruded in a curious Egyptian horizontality.

But it is only in exceptional cases that this line is not horizontal; its horizontality constitutes the norm, in our hybrid races.

But these horizontal deposits do not all retain their horizontality.

These peaks have been raised to their present position without disturbing the horizontality of the limestones and sandstones.

The obliquity at one place fell to horizontality, and we had to work on the level round a difficult protuberance of rock.

Some of these strata of the secondary, epoch have only had their horizontality disturbed, while others are quite vertical.

The departure from horizontality, technically known as the dip, varies from point to point (Fig. 4).

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