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horizon

Limit to which one can see across the surface of the sea or a level plain, that is, about 5 km/3 mi at 1.5 m/5 ft above sea level, and about 65 km/40 mi at 300 m/1,000 ft.

horizon

In astronomy, the great circle dividing the visible part of the sky from the part hidden by the Earth.



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