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line noun

  /laɪn/ , /lɑɪn/ , [lɑe̯n]
  • A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
línea, trazo, rasgo
  • (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
  • (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
  • The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
  • A letter, a written form of communication.
  • A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
  • A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
  • A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
  • A verse (in poetry).
  • The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]
  • (slang) Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
  • A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself. [from early 19th c.]
  • (genetics) A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
línea
  • A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
línea, renglón, hilo, verso
  • Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:
línea, raya
  • A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]
cola, fila, hilera, cinta métrica
  • (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
recta, línea
  • A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
línea, hilo
  • (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
segmento, línea

line verb

  /laɪn/ , /lɑɪn/ , [lɑe̯n]
  • (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
forrar

lining noun

  /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/
  • A covering for the inside surface of something.
  • The material used for such a covering.
forro
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