Horizon vs. Sunrise
Horizonnoun
The visible horizontal line or point (in all directions) that appears to connect the Earth to the sky.
‘A tall building was visible on the horizon.’;
Sunrisenoun
The time of day when the sun appears above the eastern horizon.
‘I'll meet you at the docks at sunrise.’;
Horizonnoun
(figuratively) The range or limit of one's knowledge, experience or interest.
‘Some students take a gap year after finishing high school to broaden their horizons.’;
Sunrisenoun
The change in color of the sky at dawn.
‘Did you see the beautiful sunrise this morning?’;
Horizonnoun
The range or limit of any dimension in which one exists.
Sunrisenoun
(figuratively) Any great awakening.
‘It was the sunrise of her spirit.’;
Horizonnoun
(geology) A specific layer of soil or strata
Sunrisenoun
The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise.
Horizonnoun
A cultural sub-period or level within a more encompassing time period.
Sunrisenoun
Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
‘Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising.’; ‘Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack,And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back.’;
Horizonnoun
Any level line or surface.
Sunrisenoun
the first light of day;
‘we got up before dawn’; ‘they talked until morning’;
Horizonnoun
(chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
Sunrisenoun
atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily appearance of the sun
Horizonnoun
The line which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky.
‘And when the morning sun shall raise his carAbove the border of this horizon.’; ‘All the horizon roundInvested with bright rays.’;
Sunrisenoun
the daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
Horizonnoun
A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
Sunriseadjective
of an industry or technology; new and developing;
‘high-technology sunrise industries’;
Horizonnoun
The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
‘The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon.’;
Sunrisenoun
the time in the morning when the sun appears or full daylight arrives
‘an hour before sunrise’;
Horizonnoun
The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line.
Sunrisenoun
the colours and light visible in the sky on an occasion of the sun's first appearance in the morning, considered as a view or spectacle
‘a spectacular sunrise over the summit of the mountain’;
Horizonnoun
The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities, or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have limited horizons.
Sunrise
Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon and its accompanying atmospheric effects.
Horizonnoun
A boundary point or line, or a time point, beyond which new knowledge or experiences may be found; as, more powerful computers are just over the horizon.
Horizonnoun
the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
Horizonnoun
the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;
‘It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge’;
Horizonnoun
a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
Horizonnoun
the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
Horizon
The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether it intersects the relevant body's surface or not.
