(naval architecture) The outline of a ship, either as projected onto one of three perpendicular planes or as viewed visually. Also known as ship's lines.
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Elongated marks traced by a stylus on a gnathic projection plane, indicating direction of movement related variously to condyle movements.
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- spectral series (spectroscopy)
- ll (abbreviation)
- LOC
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- lineolate (biology)
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- rectilinear (mathematics)
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