Meaning of line

Line

Common

noun

•

In Geometry:

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

An

one-dimensional

that has no

; one that has

but not

or

.

A

; a

of such a

.

•

In Graph theory:

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

An

of a

.

•

In Geography:

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

A

of

or of

, as

on a

.

The

.

•

In Music:

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

One of the

and

on and between which the

are

.

•

In Cricket:

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

The

of a

towards the

(

).

•

In Football (soccer):

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

The

.

•

A

through two or more

(compare ‘segment’); a

, including as made by a

; any

,

or

.

A

by a

when

a

or

in the

.

•

A

,

,

, or

, of any

.

•

A

or

, of any

.

•

,

.

•

The

one

with another, a

or

between

: a

or

.

•

A

.

•

A

, a

form of

.

•

A

of public

, as a

or

; and hence, an

for

, etc.

•

In Military:

A

or

, or the non-physical

of the

of the

by

.

•

The

of a

or

: a

,

, or

; a

.

•

A

or

with

for

; a

.

•

A

or

.

•

That which was

by a

, such as a

or any

of

; hence,

of

.

•

A

or

the

,

, or

; hence, a

.

•

;

;

(of

).

•

A

of people,

, etc; either

as a

or

and often

to be

or

, or

of

(and

with a

),

a

.

•

In Military:

The

, as

from

,

,

,

,

, etc.

•

A

or

of

or

of a

person; a

or

;

.

•

A

of

.

:

A

or

of

,

,

, or other

,

a

of

across a

or

, or a

such

.

A

(in

).

A

of

,

in a

,

, or the like.

A

or

,

one

to

another's

or

.

•

of

,

,

, or

;

of

;

of

,

, or

.

•

The

,

(or set of

)

or group,

a

or

.

•

Information about or

of something. (Mostly

to the

, have a

on, and

a

on.)

•

A set of products or services

by a business, or

,

itself.

•

by a

.

•

A

of

:

A tsarist-era

unit of measure

,

to

, used

when

the

of

.

One

.

One

.

•

A

, a

of

.

•

In Baseball:

The batter’s

.

•

In Fencing:

The

in which the

their

.

•

In Engineering:

or

(of

, not

or

, but with

to

).

•

A

path-shaped

or

of a

,

.

•

;

.

•

In Genetics:

of

s

from a

and

the same

.

•

a set

of a

, a

, a

, a Y-injection

, a

and a

.

•

In Ice hockey:

A group of

that

together.

•

In Australian rules football:

A set of

in

which

a

on the

; in a

,

three

and

of

such

the

.

•

In Medicine:

A

.

•

In Genetics:

of

, a

of

retrotransposon

in

.

•

A

system, see

(combat system) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

•

;

,

the

of

.

verb

•

To

(objects) into a

(usually used with "up"); to form into a

; to

.

•

To

or

along the

of for

or

; to

by

; to

.

•

To form a

along.

•

To

with a

or

, to

with

.

•

To

by

; to

; to

.

•

To

or

by

.

•

In Baseball:

To

a

; to

a

which is

for an out.

and

.

•

To

(wild

) to their

by

their

of

.

•

To

.

•

To

the

of (something),

with

.

•

To

(the

of a

) with

and

such as

or

.

•

To

or

(something), as a

with

.

•

To

, to

.

name

•

An

and

.

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ligner

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lin

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

line

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