(engineering) In marine operations, a graduated line attached to a current pole, used to measure the speed of a current; as the pole moves away with the current, the speed of the current is determined by the amount of line paid out in a specified time. Also known as log line.
current line
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(′kər·ənt ′līn)
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| US Military Dictionary: log line |
A line to which a ship's log is attached.
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