Horizon
noun
The line where sky seems to meet the earth or sea.
The sun is rising from the horizon.
Often appears as...
- broaden one's horizons
- on the horizon
noun
The limit of a person's knowledge, experience, or interest.
Joining the club will broaden your horizons.
Often appears as...
- expand one's horizons
- horizontal limit
noun
A specific layer in the soil or in rocks that has different properties than the layers above or below it.
The top layer of soil, called the horizon, is usually darker than the layers underneath it.
Often appears as...
- soil horizon
- event horizon
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noun
A theoretical boundary beyond which events cannot affect an observer.
The event horizon is a boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer.
Often appears as...
- event horizon
- predictive horizon
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Technical
noun
The line where sky seems to meet the earth or sea.
The sun is rising from the horizon.
Often appears as...
- broaden one's horizons
- on the horizon
noun
The limit of a person's knowledge, experience, or interest.
Joining the club will broaden your horizons.
Often appears as...
- expand one's horizons
- horizontal limit
noun
A specific layer in the soil or in rocks that has different properties than the layers above or below it.
The top layer of soil, called the horizon, is usually darker than the layers underneath it.
Often appears as...
- soil horizon
- event horizon
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A theoretical boundary beyond which events cannot affect an observer.
The event horizon is a boundary in spacetime beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer.
Often appears as...
- event horizon
- predictive horizon
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Metaphor
Often used to suggest immense possibilities or opportunities, similar to seeing a vast landscape.
After graduation, endless opportunities lay on the horizon.
Pro Tip 2/3Poetic Imagery
'Horizon' can evoke romantic or adventurous feelings often found in literature or speeches.
Lovers walked towards the sunset, the horizon bathed in gold.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Transition
It symbolizes transitions or changes, as the horizon often marks sunrise or sunset.
A new day is on the horizon, symbolizing fresh starts.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Metaphor
Often used to suggest immense possibilities or opportunities, similar to seeing a vast landscape.
After graduation, endless opportunities lay on the horizon.
Pro Tip 2/3Poetic Imagery
'Horizon' can evoke romantic or adventurous feelings often found in literature or speeches.
Lovers walked towards the sunset, the horizon bathed in gold.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Transition
It symbolizes transitions or changes, as the horizon often marks sunrise or sunset.
A new day is on the horizon, symbolizing fresh starts.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Metaphor
Often used to suggest immense possibilities or opportunities, similar to seeing a vast landscape.
After graduation, endless opportunities lay on the horizon.
Pro Tip 2/3Poetic Imagery
'Horizon' can evoke romantic or adventurous feelings often found in literature or speeches.
Lovers walked towards the sunset, the horizon bathed in gold.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Transition
It symbolizes transitions or changes, as the horizon often marks sunrise or sunset.
A new day is on the horizon, symbolizing fresh starts.
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How to take a picture of...
carving out a sphere of darkness. This bright ring reveals the black hole's event horizon, where the gravitational pull becomes so great that not even light can escape. Einstein's equations predict the size and shape of this ring, so taking a picture of it wouldn't only be really cool, it would also help to verify that these equations hold
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Inside the black hole...
and when it goes so deeply in, then there's a point at which light orbits the black hole. And so that's, I guess, is what's happening here. This is not an image, this is a computer simulation of what we always thought, like, the event horizon around the black hole. Until last week, we had no idea what a black hole really looked like.
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Hawking's black hole...
But perhaps the most mind-bending theory to come from exploring this paradox is the holographic principle. Expanding on the idea that the 2D surface of an event horizon can store quantum information, this principle suggests that the very boundary of the observable universe
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The right brain vs. left...
hippocampus about the different regions of the brain and helping children have some emotional accountability and with emotional accountability comes a level of higher cognitive accountability so I'm doing that and then there's a movie on a horizon and if and when that ever
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A beginner's guide to...
and reveal more about this hidden world outside of our experiences. How amazing that we humans, with our relatively limited access to the universe, can still see far beyond our horizons just using our imagination and our ingenuity. And the universe rewards us
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Your kids might live on...
and then slowly but surely spread out across the entire planet by reaching into the wilderness that was beyond their horizons. This stuff is inside us. And they prospered doing that. Some of the greatest advances in civilization and technology
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When Lions Work...
horizon resident males have to keep an eye out and will viciously protect their territory or Pridelands from intruders females meanwhile typically hunt for the pride in a highly coordinated ambush where each lioness has her own position
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This country isn't just...
only with a 15-year time horizon and millions of tons of carbon dioxide at stake. Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to protect our parks, giving our government time to increase our own funding gradually
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Black Holes 101 PIPE...
A black hole is a region in space where the force of gravity is so strong, not even light, the fastest known entity in our universe, can escape. The boundary of a black hole is called the event horizon,
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
to protect your own privacy? So, as usual, what we see just beyond the horizon is full of promise and peril. It'll be fascinating to see how this all turns out. Thanks.
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How to take a picture of...
carving out a sphere of darkness. This bright ring reveals the black hole's event horizon, where the gravitational pull becomes so great that not even light can escape. Einstein's equations predict the size and shape of this ring, so taking a picture of it wouldn't only be really cool, it would also help to verify that these equations hold
Video examples
Inside the black hole...
and when it goes so deeply in, then there's a point at which light orbits the black hole. And so that's, I guess, is what's happening here. This is not an image, this is a computer simulation of what we always thought, like, the event horizon around the black hole. Until last week, we had no idea what a black hole really looked like.
Video examples
Hawking's black hole...
But perhaps the most mind-bending theory to come from exploring this paradox is the holographic principle. Expanding on the idea that the 2D surface of an event horizon can store quantum information, this principle suggests that the very boundary of the observable universe
Video examples
The right brain vs. left...
hippocampus about the different regions of the brain and helping children have some emotional accountability and with emotional accountability comes a level of higher cognitive accountability so I'm doing that and then there's a movie on a horizon and if and when that ever
Video examples
A beginner's guide to...
and reveal more about this hidden world outside of our experiences. How amazing that we humans, with our relatively limited access to the universe, can still see far beyond our horizons just using our imagination and our ingenuity. And the universe rewards us
Video examples
Your kids might live on...
and then slowly but surely spread out across the entire planet by reaching into the wilderness that was beyond their horizons. This stuff is inside us. And they prospered doing that. Some of the greatest advances in civilization and technology
Video examples
When Lions Work...
horizon resident males have to keep an eye out and will viciously protect their territory or Pridelands from intruders females meanwhile typically hunt for the pride in a highly coordinated ambush where each lioness has her own position
Video examples
This country isn't just...
only with a 15-year time horizon and millions of tons of carbon dioxide at stake. Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to protect our parks, giving our government time to increase our own funding gradually
Video examples
Black Holes 101 PIPE...
A black hole is a region in space where the force of gravity is so strong, not even light, the fastest known entity in our universe, can escape. The boundary of a black hole is called the event horizon,
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
to protect your own privacy? So, as usual, what we see just beyond the horizon is full of promise and peril. It'll be fascinating to see how this all turns out. Thanks.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning new techniques and improving beyond my own knowledge because there is always something new to learn and new horizons to discover.
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Pankaj Tripathi
Indian Actor
I think reading and travelling not only make us good artistes but also broaden our horizons and open our mind. It really helps us to become a good human being.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
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Vikrant Massey
Indian Actor
Traveling is not just a pleasure, but it also gets you to meet so many people, experience new things in life and, in return, expand your horizon so much.
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Keeley Hawes
English Actress
My children have been all over the world, and I think it's so good for them: expanding their horizons and imagination and seeing how other people live.
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Kip Thorne
American Physicist
If you go down through the horizon of a black hole, at the center you don't find a tunnel that leads you to some other place in the universe.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Lamar S. Smith
American Politician
I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.
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F. W. de Klerk
South African Statesman
Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
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William O'Neill
American Politician
Meeting all walks of life, it broadened your horizons, let's say that.
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Jose Andres
Spanish Chef
I've been a cook all my life, but I am still learning to be a good chef. I'm always learning new techniques and improving beyond my own knowledge because there is always something new to learn and new horizons to discover.
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Pankaj Tripathi
Indian Actor
I think reading and travelling not only make us good artistes but also broaden our horizons and open our mind. It really helps us to become a good human being.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.
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Vikrant Massey
Indian Actor
Traveling is not just a pleasure, but it also gets you to meet so many people, experience new things in life and, in return, expand your horizon so much.
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Keeley Hawes
English Actress
My children have been all over the world, and I think it's so good for them: expanding their horizons and imagination and seeing how other people live.
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Kip Thorne
American Physicist
If you go down through the horizon of a black hole, at the center you don't find a tunnel that leads you to some other place in the universe.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Lamar S. Smith
American Politician
I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.
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F. W. de Klerk
South African Statesman
Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.
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William O'Neill
American Politician
Meeting all walks of life, it broadened your horizons, let's say that.
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