Definition of Supply line

1. Noun. A route over which supplies can be delivered.

Exact synonyms: Supply Route
Generic synonyms: Itinerary, Path, Route

Definition of Supply line

1. Noun. The chain of transportation mechanisms supplying food and materiel to an army in battle, or other field operation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supply Line

suppliers
supplies
suppliest
supplieth
suppling
supply
supply-side
supply-side economics
supply-sider
supply and demand
supply chain
supply chamber
supply closet
supply depot
supply depots
supply line
supply lines
supply officer
supply route
supply ship
supply side
supply teacher
supply teachers
supplyant
supplying
supplyment
supplyments
support
support column
support dog

Literary usage of Supply line

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

1. Water Power Engineering: The Theory, Investigation and Development of Water by Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"A negative inclination of the supply line shows that a loss from the reservoir is taking place. In a similar manner the curve of consumption can be platted. ..."

2. Water Power Engineering: The Theory, Investigation and Development of Water by Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"A negative inclination of the supply line shows that a loss from the reservoir is taking place. In a similar manner the curve of consumption can be platted. ..."

3. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"Whenever a water supply line or lines have been constructed by a corporation, individual, or public institution at their own cost and expense for the ..."

4. Journal of the New England Water Works Association by New England Water Works Association (1916)
"The smaller system is at Troy, NH The source of supply is a small stream that has its source in the west slope of Mt. Monadnock, and this wood supply line, ..."

5. Electric Power Plant Engineering by Joshua Weingreen (1910)
"291 gives an idea of the effect which the battery has 0п the supply line load. The single-phase railway load is very irregular while the three-phase supply ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1916)
"A phase must be opened in two places at the same time, namely, between the meter and the supply line and between the meter and the load. ..."

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