Line

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Line or lines may refer to:

• Line (geometry), an infinitely-extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature
• a length of rope, cable or chain when put to use (such as a clothesline, anchor line)
• a line or queue of people waiting in a queue area
• a thin continuous length of ink or other marking in a drawing
• a line of text in writing or typography
• Line (text file), a row of characters as a unit of organization within text files
• Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition
• the dialogue to be spoken in a script or screenplay
• a "line of longitude" or "line of latitude" in geography. "The Line" may refer to the equator.
• a geographical or political border that is clearly defined and demarcated
• Lines (punishment), punishment by forced writing of text
• relationships in genetics and genealogy, such as Lineage (evolution) and kinship and descent
• Party line (politics), an idiom for a political party or social movement's canon agenda
• lines of cocaine
• Lines (video game)
• Line (Drinking game)
• A one-, two- or three-line whip, a notice issued by a Chief Whip in the UK parliament
• A "straight line" is used to set up a joke, while the punch line completes it.
• Line Islands, an island group in the central Pacific
• occupation, trade, career. ie: "line of work"

People

• Aaran Lines, New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• Dick Lines (born 1938), former Canadian baseball player that went to Toronto
• Richard D. Lines, American amateur astronomer

In science and technology

• Line (electrical engineering), a circuit or loop
  • a power line for electric power transmission
  • line power, domestic mains electricity
  • Telephone line
  • RF transmission line
• Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
• Line level, a common standard for audio signals. Used when connecting audio components to each other
• line, former name of the unit of magnetic flux, the Maxwell (unit)
• Line (length), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch

In transport

• a railway line
• Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport
• The International Load Line or Plimsoll line (Waterline), indicates the maximum safe draft for the vessel.
• Airline
• A bus line, see List of bus operating companies

In business

• Line function, a business activity
• Product lining, in marketing

In the military

• Line (formation), a standard tactical formation of forces
  • Line infantry, a line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments"
• Line of battle, in naval warfare, a line of warships, hence "Ship of the line"

In sports

• In water sports: small rope
• The point spread in spread betting
• In cricket, the direction of a delivery, see line and length
• Offensive line or defensive line in American football
• Racing line, in auto racing, a path taken through a corner
• In kiting: kite line
• In fishing: fishing line

In the arts

• Line (play), a long-running play written by Israel Horovitz
• Lines (Emily Brontë poem), written in December 1837
• Lines Review, a Scottish literary periodical published between 1952 and 1998
• "Lines", abbreviation for "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

The abbreviation LINE

• LINE (combat system), a martial arts system
• Long interspersed nuclear element (LINE), a type of retrotransposon in genomics.

See also

• Division of Lyne, Australian electorial district
• Lyne (surname)
• Lyne, Denmark (town)
• Liner (disambiguation)

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