skyline

Plural: skylines

Noun

• The outline of buildings or mountains against the sky.
• the outline of objects seen against the sky
• the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
• The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
• The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
• A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
• A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
• Ellipsis of skyline operator.

Verb

• To outline something against the sky.
• To filter by means of the skyline operator.

Examples

• The cluster of words on the board formed a busy SKYLINE of potential hooks.

Synonyms

apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon