Of or pertaining to the horizon.Parallel to the horizon; at right angles to the direction of gravity at any station; being on a level; not vertical nor inclined: as, a horizontal line or surface; a horizontal position.Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon: as, horizontal distance.In figured bass, a dash under a note indicating that the tones of the last figured chord are to be continued without regard to the tone of the bass.n. In craniometry, the line drawn from the lower edge of the orbital cavity to the middle of the ear-cavity.n. Anodopetalum biglandulosum, a Tasmanian plant of the family Cunoniaceæ, which sometimes forms a tree 60–70 feet high, with a trunk 4 feet in circumference.