visible horizon

American  

noun

1. horizon.

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Etymology

Origin of visible horizon

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

If you stand outside on a non-mountainous part of the planet, the visible horizon is only about 5 kilometers around the Earth’s curved surface from your location.

From Scientific American

A track called “Why She Loves” opens with a saxophone prologue in free tempo, slips into a melody played as if on tiptoe and opens up to a trumpet solo with no visible horizon.

From New York Times

Techno-optimists argue that it's shortsighted to bet against innovations that haven't yet played out or that may lie somewhere beyond the visible horizon.

From Los Angeles Times

“In a storm, there’s really no visible horizon, so you are really off instruments anyway,” said van der Linden. 

From Forbes

Dark spikes of pines and parchment-tinted grasses jutting through hard-crusted snow, white fog that makes the sky indistinguishable from the ground, so there is no visible horizon.

From Washington Post