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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a horizontal direction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing movement, orientation, or alignment that is parallel to the horizon or ground level.
Example: "The car moved in a horizontal direction across the field, avoiding obstacles in its path."
Alternatives: "a lateral direction" or "a flat direction".
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The wind was propelling the sand in a horizontal direction.
The reflection causes the light waves to oscillate in a horizontal direction.
The azimuth of a horizontal direction is its deviation from the north or south.
Like an airplane wing, it provides lift, although largely in a horizontal direction.
Calotes is typically green or brown, and the body is flattened in a horizontal direction.
For example, air pollutants are diluted and dispersed in a horizontal direction by prevailing winds, and they are dispersed in a vertical direction by atmospheric instability.
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Simple square wave gratings moving in a specific horizontal direction (with a precise visual angle) were shown to a test group.
In the work done by Huang et al. [16], a vehicle called UW-Car, with a schematic diagram shown in Fig. 4, is developed where a movable seat is driven by a linear motor along a straight horizontal direction.
This is a drawback as the fascicles of the upper trapezius are distributed in a more horizontal direction.
Both are sympodial orchids, which grow in a creeping, horizontal direction.
Especially in those who were more severely affected it appears that the proximal femoral physis was positioned in a more horizontal direction compared to normal.
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