horizontal section
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A horizontal section of the wood reveals the rings; a vertical section exposes the long lines of vessel elements, giving the familiar grain of the wood.
From Nature • Apr. 2, 2019
This is illustrated by the horizontal section of the best-fit curve where the relationship between reported income and consumption is absent.
From Forbes • Aug. 27, 2014
As its speed decreased, centrifugal force would lessen, and gravity would pull it in a slowly descending spiral toward the lower, more horizontal section.
From Time Magazine Archive
Figs. 169-171.—Longitudinal section, plan and horizontal section of the rectangular type of Chaldæan temple.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
The making of the drawing of a fibre, either transverse or horizontal section, is not at all a difficult matter.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
