Synonyms: horizon, purview, view
Definition: the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
Usage: It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge
Similar words: compass, scope, orbit, range, reach, ambit
Definition: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
Usage: a piano has a greater range than the human voice; the ambit of municipal legislation; within the compass of this article; within the scope of an investigation; outside the reach of the law; in the political orbit of a world power
Synonyms: horizon, sensible horizon, skyline, visible horizon, apparent horizon
Definition: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
Similar words: line
Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
Synonyms: horizon, celestial horizon
Definition: the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
Similar words: great circle
Definition: a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center
Synonyms: horizon
Definition: a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical cross section of land
Similar words: stratum
Definition: one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)