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
A circular horizontal section is more likely to make for thorough exhaustion of the material.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
One vase-painting gives a bird’s-eye view, in horizontal section, of the interior of an oven full of jugs of various forms.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
