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   Line

   /līn/

   

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow mark or band: "a row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line" Similar dashrulebarscoreunderlineunderscorestrokeslashvirgulesolidusstripestripbandstreakbeltstriationtechnical:striaoblique
   • ▪ a straight or curved continuous extent of length without breadth.
   • ▪ a direct course: "the ball rose in a straight line" Similar courseroutetrackchannelpathwayruntrajectorybearingorientation
   • ▪ a furrow or wrinkle in the skin of the face or hands: "there were new lines around her eyes and mouth" Similar wrinklefurrowcreasecrinklecrow's footgroovecorrugationscar
   • ▪ a contour or outline considered as a feature of design or composition: "crisp architectural lines" Similar contouroutlineconfigurationshapefiguredelineationsilhouetteprofilefeatures
   • ▪ (on a map or graph) a curve connecting all points having a specified common property.
   • ▪ a line marking the starting or finishing point in a race: "a good position at the start line will put you in the front rank on the first leg"
   • ▪ a line marked on a field or court that relates to the rules of a game or sport: "Dunne was on hand to bundle the ball over the line"
   • ▪ the line of scrimmage.
   • ▪ the equator.
   • ▪ a notional limit or boundary: "the issue of peace cut across class lines" Similar boundaryboundary linelimitborderborderlineboundbounding linefrontierpartitiondemarcation linedividing lineend pointcutoff pointterminationedgepalemarginperimeterperipheryrimextremityfringethreshold
   • ▪ each of the very narrow horizontal sections forming a television picture.
   • ▪ a narrow range of the spectrum that is noticeably brighter or darker than the adjacent parts.
   • ▪ the level of the base of most letters, such as h and x, in printing and writing.
   • ▪ denoting an illustration or graphic consisting of lines and solid areas, with no gradation of tone: "a line block"
   • ▪ each of (usually five) horizontal lines forming a staff in musical notation.
   • ▪ a sequence of notes or tones forming an instrumental or vocal melody: "a powerful melodic line"
   • ▪ a dose of a powdered narcotic or hallucinatory drug, especially cocaine or heroin, laid out in a line. informal
   • 2. a length of cord, rope, wire, or other material serving a particular purpose: "wring the clothes and hang them on the line" Similar cordropestringcablewirethreadtwinestrandfilamentligature
   • ▪ a length of sterile tubing inserted into a vein or artery in order to provide temporary access, typically so as to administer fluids or withdraw blood: "he's having an op this morning to put a line in his chest for IV drugs"
   • ▪ a telephone connection: "she had a crank on the line"
   • ▪ a railroad track.
   • ▪ a branch or route of a railroad system: "the Philadelphia to Baltimore line"
   • ▪ a company that provides ships, aircraft, or buses on particular routes on a regular basis: "a major shipping line"
   • 3. a horizontal row of written or printed words: "take the cursor up one line and press the delete key"
   • ▪ a part of a poem forming one row of written or printed words: "each stanza has eight lines" Similar sentencephrasegroup of wordsprosodic unitconstructionclauseutterancepassageextractquotationquotecitationsectionpiecepartsnippetsound bitefragmentportion
   • ▪ the words of an actor's part in a play or film: "he couldn't seem to remember his lines and had to read his dialogue off boards" Similar wordsrolepartscriptspeechdialogue
   • ▪ an amount of text or number of repetitions of a sentence written out as a school punishment: British "five hundred lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell!"
   • 4. a row of people or things: "a line of acolytes proceeded down the aisle"
   • ▪ a row or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. North American
   • ▪ a connected series of people following one another in time (used especially of several generations of a family): "we follow the history of a family through the male line" Similar ancestryfamilyparentagebirthdescentlineageextractionderivationheritagegenealogyrootshousedynastyoriginbackgroundstockstrainracebloodlinebloodbreedingpedigreesuccession
   • ▪ (in football, hockey, etc.) a set of players in the forwardmost positions for offense or defense. US
   • ▪ one of the positions on the line of scrimmage.
   • ▪ a series of related things: "the bill is the latest in a long line of measures to protect society from criminals" Similar seriessequencesuccessionchainstringtrainprogressioncoursesetcycle
   • ▪ a range of commercial goods: "the company intends to hire more people and expand its product line" Similar brandkindsorttypevarietymakelabeltrade nametrademarkregistered trademark
   • ▪ the point spread for sports events on which bets may be made. US
   • 5. an area or branch of activity: "the stresses unique to their line of work" Similar line of workline of businessbusinessfieldtradeoccupationemploymentprofessionworkjobday jobcallingvocationcareerpursuitactivitywalk of lifespecialtyforteprovincedepartmentsphereareaarea of expertisedomainrealmmétierBritish:line of countryinformal:gamethingbagpigeonracket
   • ▪ a direction, course, or channel: "he opened another line of attack" Similar course of actioncourseprocedureMOtechniquewaytactictacksystemmethodprocessmannerpolicypracticeschemeapproachplanprogrampositionstancephilosophyargumentavenuemodus operandi
   • ▪ a manner of doing or thinking about something: "you can't run a business on these lines" Similar course of actioncourseprocedureMOtechniquewaytactictacksystemmethodprocessmannerpolicypracticeschemeapproachplanprogrampositionstancephilosophyargumentavenuemodus operandicoursedirectiondrifttacktendencytrendbiastenor
   • ▪ an agreed-upon approach; a policy: "the official line is that there were no chemical attacks on allied troops"
   • ▪ a false or exaggerated account or story: informal "he feeds me a line about this operation" Similar patterstorypitchpiece of fictionfabricationinformal:spiel
   • 6. a connected series of military fieldworks or defenses facing an enemy force: "raids behind enemy lines" Similar positionformationdispositionfrontfront linefiring linetrenches
   • ▪ an arrangement of soldiers or ships in a column or line formation; a line of battle. Similar filerankcolumnstringchaintrainconvoyprocessionrowqueueinformal:crocodile
   • ▪ regular army regiments (as opposed to auxiliary forces or household troops).

   verb

   • 1. stand or be positioned at intervals along: "a processional route lined by people waving flags" Similar borderedgefringeboundskirthemrim
   • 2. mark or cover with lines: "deep wrinkles lined his face" Similar furrowwrinklecreasemark with linescover with linescrinklepuckercorrugate
   • 3. hit a line drive.

   Word Origin Old Englishlīne ‘rope, series’, probably of Germanic origin, from Latin linea (fibra) ‘flax (fiber)’, from Latin linum ‘flax’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French ligne, based on Latin linea.

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   • A point is a location in space. It has neither shape nor size. A line is a connected set of points that extends infinitely in two directions. A plane can be defined by three noncollinear points, two parallel lines, or two intersecting lines. A set of points are said to be collinear if they lie on the same line.

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   What is the difference between a line and a plane?

   • A line is a connected set of points that extends infinitely in two directions. A plane can be defined by three noncollinear points, two parallel lines, or two intersecting lines. A set of points are said to be collinear if they lie on the same line. If not, they are said to be noncollinear.

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   • The Relationship between a Line and Plane in Space: There are three relationships that a line and a plane can have. A line might lie on a plane. In this case, every point on the line will lie on the plane. If a line intersects a plane, the intersection means sharing a common point that lies on both of them.

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   Line most often refers to: Line (geometry) , object that has zero thickness and curvature and stretches to infinity Telephone line , a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system

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   4 days ago · Definition: Planes. A plane is a 2-dimensional surface made up of points that extends infinitely in all directions. There exists exactly one plane through any three noncollinear points. Of particular interest to us as we work with points, lines, and planes is how they interact with one another.

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   1 day ago · Key Points. A directed line segment is an object with an initial point, a terminal point, and a direction. A vector is an object that has a magnitude and a direction. We can represent it as a directed line segment, with the length representing the magnitude and the arrow representing the direction.

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   1 day ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.

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   3 days ago · Join Nagwa Classes. Attend live sessions on Nagwa Classes to boost your learning with guidance and advice from an expert teacher! This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to identify and define line segments, straight lines, rays, and types of angles.

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   5 days ago · aline: 1 v place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight Synonyms: adjust , align , line up Antonyms: skew turn or place at an angle Types: show 7 types... hide 7 types... address adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting synchronise , synchronize cause to indicate the same time or rate realign , realine align ...

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   4 days ago · a single line of words in a poem. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot