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Principle of Original Horizontality: Layers of rocks deposited from above, such as sediments and lava flows, are originally laid down horizontally.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Horizontality -- N. horizontality†; flatness; level, plane; stratum &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark