“line of”

The following 54 entries include the term line of.

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line of credit

noun phrase

: the maximum credit allowed a buyer or borrower

line of duty

noun phrase

: all that is authorized, required, or normally associated with some field of responsibility

line of force

noun phrase

: a line in a field of force (such as a magnetic or electric field) whose tangent at any point gives the direction of the field at that point

line of scrimmage

noun phrase

: an imaginary line in football that is parallel to the goal lines and tangent to the nose of the ball laid on the ground and marks the position of the ball at the start of each down

line of sight

noun phrase

: a line from an observer's eye to a distant point

line of action

: the line along which a force or the resultant of any number of forces may be considered to act

line of Affection

: a short horizontal line on the Mount of Mercury that runs from the percussion toward the center of the palm and that is held by palmists to indicate affection for a member of the opposite sex see line of marriage

line of Apollo

: line of the sun

line of apsides

: the major axis of an elliptical orbit

line of battle

: the position of troops or ships arranged for or as if for delivery of an attack or reception of a charge

line-of-battle ship

noun

line of beauty

: hogarth's line

line of brilliancy

: line of the sun

line of columns

: a group of parallel columns (as of soldiers or ships) whose fronts are in a straight line

line of communication

: the net of land, water, and air routes connecting a field of action (as a military front) with its bases of operations and supplies

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