horizontal

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These signals appear as very low frequency transients i.e. impulse like transition or settling signals recorded in horizontal ground motion, including both acceleration and tilt.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

There was a horizontal stripe down the shirt, she said.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Shale companies have become proficient at drilling fewer but much longer horizontal wells, which allows them to trim costs and still extract more crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Security analysts say the group’s horizontal, franchise-like structure allowed it to engineer a rapid response to Oseguera’s killing — and will allow it to do business as usual in the coming months.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

A couple lay twelve feet off the ground, their seat back stuck in a horizontal position, staring up at the sky as if undergoing some kind of examination.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris