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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of LINES
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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