horizontal section

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A horizontal section of the wood reveals the rings; a vertical section exposes the long lines of vessel elements, giving the familiar grain of the wood.

From Nature • Apr. 2, 2019

This is illustrated by the horizontal section of the best-fit curve where the relationship between reported income and consumption is absent.

From Forbes • Aug. 27, 2014

As its speed decreased, centrifugal force would lessen, and gravity would pull it in a slowly descending spiral toward the lower, more horizontal section.

From Time Magazine Archive

Head of still later tadpole in horizontal section to show atrial chamber formed by operculum. int.g., internal gills.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The plan of a building is merely a horizontal section, cutting off the top, and looking down on the sectional top of the walls, so as to see all their thicknesses.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various