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The following 54 entries include the term line of.
line of departure
: a line which units of a military force are ordered to cross at a certain time to coordinate an attack
line of Destiny
: line of fate
line of distance
: the perpendicular extending from the eye to the plane of perspective and having as its foot the center of vision
line of elevation
: the prolongation of the axis of the bore when an artillery piece is laid
line of Fate
: a line located on the center of the palm that often runs straight from the wrist to the Mount of Saturn and that is usually held by palmists to indicate according to its direction and strength the nature and degree of a person's success in life especially as a result of outside influences
line of flow
: a field line of the velocity vector in a flowing fluid
line of flux
line of fortune
: line of the sun
line of Head
: a line that begins on the Mount of Jupiter or at the start of the line of Life or on the Mount of Mars and runs across the palm and that is usually held by palmists to indicate intellectual strength, temperament, and the quality and direction of talents
line of Health
: line of mercury
line of Heart
: a line that runs across the palm at the base of the mounts parallel to the line of head and that is usually held by palmists to indicate the strength and nature of a person's affections and emotional nature
line of induction
: a field line in a field of magnetic induction
line of influence
: one of a series of lines that appear on the Mount of Venus inside and parallel or perpendicular to the Life line and that are usually held by palmists to indicate influences on a person's life from outside factors especially by relatives or close friends
line of Intuition
: a line located at the side of the hand and formed almost as a semicircle from the Mount of Mercury to the Mount of Luna that is usually held by palmists to indicate a sensitive and impressionable nature and often a strong faculty of intuition
line of least resistance
: the shortest distance between the center of an underground charge of explosive and the open air
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