Definition of LINES

1. Noun. (plural of line) ¹

2. Noun. (context: fortifications plural) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. ¹

3. Noun. (context: shipbuilding plural) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. ¹

4. Noun. (context: education plural) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out. ¹

5. Noun. (US plural) The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. ¹

6. Verb. (third-person singular of line) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of LINES

1. line [v] - See also: line

Medical Definition of LINES

1. Long interspersed elements. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of LINES

lineners
linenfold
linenlike
linens
lineny
lineolate
lineout
lineouts
liner
liner notes
liner train
linerboard
linerboards
linerless
liners
lines
lines of Retzius
lines of Zahn
lines of beauty
lines of credit
lines of sight
linescore
linescores
lineshaft
lineshafts
lineshape
lineshapes
linesider
linesiders
linesman

Literary usage of LINES

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1895)
"Besides these eleven oxygen lines, Draper's large photograph shows five others of wave lengths approximately 4155,4147, 4119,4105, and 4093, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The discharge lines around the grounded pin-head for short sparks follow approximately the lines of force. With longer sparks they are somewhat distorted, ..."

3. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1906)
"These telegrams consist of fourteen and two-thirds lines from Berlin, fifteen lines from Vienna, and two and five-eighths lines from Calcutta. ..."

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