Artificial Horizon Definition

noun
An instrument that indicates the pitching and banking of an aircraft by displaying the movement of a representation of the aircraft in relation to a line representing the horizon.
American Heritage
A gyroscopic instrument on an aircraft for indicating the true horizon and the position of the craft with reference to it; flight indicator.
Webster's New World

(aviation) An instrument that displays the pitch and roll of an aircraft in flight by comparing its attitude to a gyroscopically-maintained indication of the flat horizon line.

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Singular:
artificial horizon
Plural:
artificial-horizons

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