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horizontal balance

A magnetic-field balance instrument much less commonly used than the
vertical type. It is quite similar to it in construction except that the
magnet points approx. vertically instead of horizontally. Dobrin

horizontal borer

A machine, making holes from 2 to 6 in (5.08 to 15.24 cm) in diameter,
used for drilling overburden at opencut coal mines. Bits are of the auger
or winged types. Lewis

horizontal circle

The circular horizontal plate of a theodolite, accurately divided so that
horizontal angles can be precisely measured. Hammond

horizontal crosscut

See:horizontal drive

horizontal cut

See:drag cut

horizontal-cut underhand

See:underhand stoping

horizontal departure

The amount, expressed in feet or degrees, a borehole has digressed
horizontally from the intended target. Long

horizontal dip slip

See:horizontal slip

horizontal displacement

a. A term used by Tolman to designate strike slip. AGI
b. The distance two formerly adjacent points moved horizontally.
c. See:strike slip

horizontal drive

An opening with a small inclination (about 2 to 4 mm for 1 m in length) in
the direction toward the shaft for draining the water and to facilitate
hauling of the full cars to the shaft. Syn:horizontal crosscut
Stoces

horizontal fault

A fault in the Earth's crust with no vertical displacement.
Webster 3rd

horizontal intensity

a. The intensity of the horizontal component of the magnetic field in the
plane of the magnetic meridian. Hy
b. The horizontal component of the vector magnetic-field intensity; it is
one of the magnetic elements, and is symbolized by H.
CF:vertical intensity

horizontal load-bearing test

See:load-bearing test

horizontal pendulum

A pendulum whose mass is constrained to move horizontally.
Schieferdecker

horizontal prism

See:macrodome

horizontal-ring drilling

See:horadiam

horizontal screens

Shaking screens with the plates supported in an essentially horizontal
position that have been developed to obtain the advantages of low head
room requirement. Mitchell

horizontal separation

In faulting, the distance between the two parts of a disrupted unit (e.g.,
bed, vein, or dike), measured in any specified horizontal direction.
CF:vertical separation

horizontal slip

In a fault, the horizontal component of the net slip. CF:vertical slip
Syn:horizontal dip slip

horizontal takeup

A mechanism in which the takeup or movable pulley travels in an approx.
horizontal plane. NEMA, 2

horizontal throw

The heave of a fault. Hess