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• Line (mathematics), An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature.
• a length of rope, cable or chain when put to use (clothesline, anchor line)
• A queue area
• Writing, as in a line of text
  • Lines (punishment), punishment by forced writing of text
• Lineage (evolution), kinship and descent, in genealogy
• a line of cocaine

In science and technology: A representation of one line Three lines — the red and blue lines have same slope, while the red and green ones have same y-intercept. ... Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope (IPA: ) is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. ... 6 or 15cm outside diameter, oil-cooled cables, traversing the Grand Coulee Dam throughout. ... A broad metal chain made of torus-shaped links. ... Queue at US Air Force station in Iraq, for food at a birthday celebration. Queue areas are areas in which people queue (first-come, first-served), that is they wait in line for something. ... Illustration of a scribe writing Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An evolutionary lineage (also called a clade) is composed of species, taxa, or individuals that are related by descent from a common ancestor. ... It has been suggested that Kinship be merged into this article or section. ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

• Line (electrical engineering), a circuit or loop
  • Power line for electric power transmission
  • Telephone line
• Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
• Maxwell (unit), the unit of magnetic flux (former name of unit)
• one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch (An obsolete unit of measurement)
• Long interspersed nucleotide elements, a type of retrotransposon in the human genome
• Line (building), a set of apartments in an apartment building sharing a floor plan

In business: In electrical engineering, a line is, more generally, any circuit (or loop) of an electrical system. ... Power Line is a neoconservative blog run by three lawyers: John H. Hinderaker (Hindrocket), Scott W. Johnson (The Big Trunk) and Paul Mirengoff (Deacon). Power Line covers political and social issues from a conservative viewpoint. ... A telephone line (or just line) is a single-user circuit on a telephone communications system. ... In video, lines are a measurement of display resolution or image resolution. ... The maxwell, abbreviated as Mx, is the compound derived CGS unit of magnetic flux. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Retrotransposons are genetic elements that can amplify themselves in a genome and are ubiquitous components of the DNA of many eukaryotic organisms. ... Typical U.S. house floor plan. ...

• Line function, a business activity
• Product lining, in marketing
• Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport

Military: This Line function does not cite any references or sources. ... Product lining is the marketing strategy of offering for sale several related products. ... A shipping line is a business that operates ships that it itself either owns or operates for the benefit of the owner. ...

• Line (formation), a military formation
• Line of battle in naval warfare, as in "ship of the line"
• Marine Corps LINE combat system, a martial arts system

In sport: The Line Formation was a standard tactical formation used throughout history. ... British and Danish ships in line of battle at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801). ... The United States Marine Corps as part of its basic training teaches its recruits Marine Corps LINE Combat system. ...

• The point spread in spread betting
• Line and length, in cricket, the direction of a delivery
• Offensive line or defensive line in American football
• Line (racing), in auto racing, a path taken through a corner

In the arts: Spread betting is a form of gambling on the outcome of any event where the more accurate the gamble, the more is won and conversely the less accurate the more is lost. ... Line and length in cricket refers to the direction and point of bouncing on the pitch of a delivery. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with American football. ... Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American football. ... In racing sports, the ideal line is the path that a competitor takes through a race course, the line that allows the competitor to travel at the highest average speed. ...

• A musical part, such as a bassline
• Line (play), a long-running play written by Israel Horovitz
• "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798," a poem by William Wordsworth, often abbreviated to "Lines."

As a noun, a part is a section of a greater whole. ... In popular music a bassline, also bass line, is an instrumental part, or line, which is in the bass or lowest range and thus lower than the other parts and part of the rhythm section. ... Israel Horovitz (born March 31, 1939 in Wakefield, Massachusetts) is an American playwright and screenwriter. ... Tintern Abbey, 1993 Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting The Banks Of The Wye During A Tour. ... William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. ...

See also

• Lines (video game)

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