horizontal integration
horizontal combination | absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level |
| core | a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil |
| core | the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place |
| core magnetic core | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data, now superseded by semiconductor memories, each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
| core bit | a hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill, allows core samples to be taken |
| core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole |
horizontal bar
high bar | gymnastic apparatus consisting of a bar supported in a horizontal position by uprights at both ends |
| horizontal section | a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally |
horizontal stabilizer
horizontal stabiliser
tailplane | the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged |
horizontal surface
level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
| horizontal tail | the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft |
magnetic core memory
core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |
| slab | block consisting of a thick piece of something |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
| core dump | (computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU, usually used for debugging |
effect
essence
burden
core
gist | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
core
nucleus
core group | a small group of indispensable persons or things, five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program |
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE | an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in to work for racial equality |
| hard core | the most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movement |
| core | the center of an object, the ball has a titanium core |
| core | the central part of the Earth |
| core | a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill |
| horizontal parallax | the maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon |
| horizontal | something that is oriented horizontally |
hollow
hollow out
core out | remove the interior of, hollow out a tree trunk |
| core | remove the core or center from, core an apple |
hard-core
hardcore | extremely explicit, hard-core pornography |
hard-core
hardcore | intensely loyal, his hard-core supporters |
| hard-core | stubbornly resistant to change or improvement, hard-core addicts |
| horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line, a horizontal surface |