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The following 54 entries include the term line of.
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
nounline 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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