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"LINES" is a plural of: line. |
Date "LINES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Lines were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out; a possession (Ps. 16:6). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Industry | A)a group of fine surface striae of variable intensity parallel to the direction of drawing in sheet glass; b)fine parallel waves on the surface of cast glasses. When the lines are ver y fine, they are called "brush marks" or "fine lines" Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Lines The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. The part allotted to me and measured off by a measuring line. (Palms xvi. 6.) Hard lines. Harsh restrictions. Here lines means an allotment measured out. To read between the lines. To discern the secret meaning. One method of cryptography is to write in alternate lines; if read line by line, the meaning of the writer is reversed or wholly misunderstood. Thus lines 2, 4, 6 of the following cryptogram would convey the warning to Lord Monteagle of the Gunpowder Plot. "My lord, having just returned from Paris, (2) stay away from the house to-night And give me the pleasure of your company. (4) for God and man have concurred to punish Those who pay not regard to their health, And (6) the wickedness of the time Adds greatly to its wear and tear." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | Plumblines, not less than two in number, hung from hooks driven in wooden plugs. A line drawn through the center of the two strings or wires, as thecase may be, represents the bearing or course to be driven on. (references) |
Transportation | A set of drawings showing the form of the hull projected on three planes perpendicular to each other. (see:sheer plan, half breadth plan, body plan). Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An emission line is the name for a portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that is from a unique electron photonic discharge.In Newton's classic experiment, when light is passed through a slit and then through a prism, because of the variation in refractive index with wavelength (called the dispersion of the glass), every wavelength of light will be refracted slightly differently and the original light spread out into a band of rainbow colours. In effect, there is a separate image of the slit for each wavelength. When the light from flames is examined, instead of full bands of colours, narrow lines of specific colours are seen - the emission lines. Each element has a specific set of lines, and so the field of spectroscopy was born. A number of elements were first found by their emission lines - Helium, Thallium, Cerium etc.
The reason for the lines being so specific for each element were first explained by the Bohr model When electrons move from one atomic orbital to a lower energy state, the resultant energy is packetized as a photon with a certain frequency. For simple elemental light sources, the energy states are very specific, and so are the frequencies of light that are observed.
See also spectral line
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word line apparently derives from the Latin linum, meaning flax plant from which linen is produced; at one time, a stretched linen thread was the most reliable way to determine a straight line. Also see liner and lining.
The word line can refer to a queue area.
Electrical engineering
In electrical engineering, a line is, more generally, any circuit (or loop) of an electrical system. This electric circuit loop (or electrical network), consists of electrical elements (or components) connected directly by conductor terminals to other devices in series.
In telecommunications, a telephone line is a single-user circuit on a telephone communications system.
Mathematics
A line, or straight line, is, roughly speaking, an (infinitely) thin, (infinitely) long, straight geometrical object. Given two points, one can always find exactly one line that passes through the two points; the line provides the shortest connection between the points. Two different lines can intersect in at most one point; two different planes can intersect in at most one line. This intuitive concept of a line can be formalized in various ways.
If geometry is developed axiomatically (as in Euclid's Elements and later in David Hilbert's Foundations of Geometry), then lines are not defined at all, but characterized axiomatically by their properties. "Everything that satisfies the axioms for a line is a line." While Euclid did define a line as "length without breadth", he did not use this rather obscure definition in his later development.
In Euclidean space Rn (and analogously in all other vector spaces), we define a line L as a subset of the form
where a and b are given vectorss in Rn with b non-zero. The vector b describes the direction of the line, and a is a point on the line. Different choices of a and b can yield the same line.
One can show that in R2, every line L is described by a linear equation of the form
with fixed real coefficients a, b and c such that a and b are not both zero. An important property of these lines is their slope.
More abstractly, one usually thinks of the real line as the prototype of a line, and assumes that the points on a line stand in a one-to-one correspondence with the real numbers. However, one could also use the hyperreal numbers for this purpose, or even the long line of topology.
The "straightness" of a line, interpreted as the property that it minimizes distances between its points, can be generalized and leads to the concept of geodesics on differentiable manifolds.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Linear animals are animals which are very close to each other in their genotype because of long inbreding. Such 'almost equal' animals could be used in laborotories for experiments, where of objecrivity of conlucusions all the test object should be as similar as possible.The most known lines of animals are:
Rats
- wistar
Mice
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lines (aka ColorLines) is a Computer puzzle game, first introduced as a video game by the Russian company Gamos in 1992.
Game rules
The game field is a square 9x9, where balls in different colors appears frequently. The goal is to clean maximum numbers of lines of arranged balls of same color (five or more). Player can move every ball, if there is a path (linked set of vertical and horizontal empty cells) between the current position of the ball and the desired destination. When a line of five or more balls in same color is arranged (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) it disappears.
Game image
External links
- Gamos web site.
- Japanese company Namco published the game under the name Golly! Ghost! Goal!
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LINES | English | Learning and information support networks in Europe for Socrates | Computing, Education |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: LINESSynonym: Queues. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adversity | Noun: adversity, evil; failure; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot; frowns of fortune; evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius; vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes; hard case, hard lines, hard life; sea of troubles; peck of troubles; hell upon earth; slough of despond. |
Defense | Breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin; vauntmure; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage, fort-alice; lines. |
Interpretation | Find out; a the meaning; of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines. |
Latency Implication | Adverb: by a side wind; sub silentio; in the background; behind the scenes, behind one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly; between the lines. |
Read between the lines. | |
Outline | Noun: outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coast line. |
Prison | Yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, reins; bearing rein; martingale; leading string; tether, picket, band, guy, chain; cord; (fastening); cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons. |
Severity | Hard lines, hard measure; tender mercies; sharp practice; pipe-clay, officialism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And fifty other lines to get into a girl's pants (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Come on, all the long distance lines are down (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I come in here, and right away I'm catching the sight lines and looking for an exit (The Bourne Identity; writing credit: Tony Gilroy) You're not just getting started, the lines have already been drawn (Chisum; writing credit: Andrew J. Fenady) Your father refuses to pay the bill, so the company cut our phone lines. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | The weather's turned and all the lines are down (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC) Yeah we dancing in between all the lines (Sunshine; performing artist: Aerosmith) Remember the lines we drew, and the lines we crossed (Above The Clouds; performing artist: Amber) Till I read between the lines (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) There's battle lines being drawn ("For What It's Worth"; performing artist: Buffalo Springfield) | |
Clever | Proverbs contain within one or two lines the lessons of lifetime. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Marriage Lines (1963) Behind Southern Lines (1952) How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943) Inside the Lines (1930) Lines Busy (1924) | |
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 | Anti-cancer drugs can now be tested on human cancer cell lines in vitro for cytotoxicity and effectiveness without the use of animals. In an assay color changes in the wells show what proportion of cultured cancer cells remain alive after they have been exposed to the test drug. The plates are read by computer, and results are automatically sent to a centralized computer where they are converted into graphic reports. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | A CDC scientist wearing a protective suit with helmet and face mask is supplied air via overhead lines that plug into the suit. Credit: CDC. |
 | He's wearing a protective suit with helmet and face mask. Air is supplied via overhead lines that plug into the suit. Credit: CDC. |  | This movie depicts the airborne laser altimeter collecting data. In 1993 and 1994, NASA researchers surveyed the Greenland ice sheet using an airborne laser altimeter. Ten flight lines flown in 1993 in southern Greenland were resurveyed in 1998. Sci. Credit: NASA. |
 | In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes -the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock- appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires. Credit: NASA. |  | USA at Night- Lines. Credit: NASA. |
 | The key chart showing flight lines and photo locations Mapping of Mississippi Delta and Passes. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Co-tidal lines of the world. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Hunting and fishing camp built on stilts - accessible only by boat although power lines have been run across the marsh. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Open water between the high and low tide lines at Holland Cliffs Shores. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| "Power Lines" by Dan Willis Commentary: "Power lines to my house." | "Power Lines" by M Vasquez Commentary: "Looking Up At Power Lines." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Cardinal De Richelieu | Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows. |
Henry James | To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text. |
Joseph A. Cannon | In legislation we all do a lot of "swapping tobacco across the lines." |
Phaedrus | That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The rolling-stock of the Allied and Associated Powers shall enjoy on the German lines the same treatment as German rollingstock as regards movement, upkeep, and repairs. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Harriet was too intent on the lines to hear |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | I supplied the deficiency, not by interpolating a word here and a word there, but by writing in some consecutive lines. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It opened before them, and disclosed a long, bare, melancholy room, made barer still by lines of plain deal forms and desks |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | These lines often have no connection with the book in which they are written |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A remembrance of some of his lines made a sudden flush rise to his painted cheeks |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The grain fields golden in the morning, and the willow lines, the eucalyptus trees in rows |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Their ideas are perpetually conversant in lines and figures |
Sonnets | William Shakespeare | Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Detail showing Kerley B lines. (references) | |
They also may develop vertical lines or bands. (references) | ||
The body has certain lines of defense against oxygen free radicals. (references) | ||
Business | Foreign lines also pose stiff competition. (references) | |
Lines beginning 090 denote premium rate services. (references) | ||
A new project calls for another 2 million fixed lines. (references) | ||
Children | Greece | Athens subway lines provide full accessibility. (references) |
Italy | Telefono Azzurro maintains two toll-free hot lines for reporting incidents of child abuse. (references) | |
Czech Republic | There are a growing number of bus lines that are accessible to persons with disabilities; tram lines in Plzen are wheelchair accessible. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | The law prohibits the formation of political parties along ethnic lines. (references) |
Botswana | In March after BTA threatened a lawsuit, the BTC agreed to provide the leased lines. (references) | |
Iran | The practice of complaining about the writings of journalists crosses ideological lines. (references) | |
Discrimination | Brazil | The offices in police headquarters where both hot lines are located also offered professional counseling to victims of such offenses. (references) |
Economic History | Norway | All main lines in Norway are digital. (references) |
Honduras | Unmet service demand is approximately 300,000 lines. (references) | |
Human Rights | Chad | Officials of domestic human rights groups charged that their telephone lines are tapped. (references) |
Mexico | These individuals were accused of tapping telephone lines of state government employees and former employees for political purposes. (references) | |
Rwanda | All parties agreed to disengage their troops from the front lines and began doing so during the year; the RPA pulled back to its agreed upon positions. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Canada | The nonaborignal fishermen sparked violence by cutting Burnt Church lobster trap lines and damaging aboriginal property. (references) |
Indonesia | The tension often is expressed along racial and ethnic lines because developers frequently are ethnic Chinese Indonesians. (references) | |
Venezuela | In Bolivar state, the Pemon indigenous people remain highly skeptical of the Government's willingness and ability to comply with its pledges related to the completion of power lines through the Canaima National Park. (references) | |
Minorities | Guinea | Mutual suspicion affects relations across ethnic lines, in and out of the Government. (references) |
India | Social pressures to enforce rigid caste lines in all social settings can lead to extraordinary episodes of vigilante retribution. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | In some cantons, Bosniak and Croat police operate under separate, parallel budget and command structures, divided along ethnic lines. (references) | |
Political Economy | SOUTH AFRICA | Ninety-eight percent of South Africa's tariff lines are now bound. (references) |
Ireland | Lines of authority and decision-making hierarchies with relation to business concerns are clear. (references) | |
BRAZIL | Entering 2001, there were widespread expectations that the economic trends would continue along the same lines. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belgium | Most major institutions, including political parties, are divided along linguistic lines. (references) |
Mozambique | Despite some minor technical difficulties, including long lines and missing equipment, the registration process ran smoothly. (references) | |
Czech Republic | For the most part, these Slovaks define their interests in the context of national politics, not along ethnic lines; there is no Slovak party in Parliament. (references) | |
Trade | Malaysia | The original six ASEAN members have 98.3% of their tariff lines under CEPT. (references) |
Vietnam | The amended law, effective on 1 January 1999, contains more than 6,400 tariff lines. (references) | |
Syria | Major importers dealing with large foreign firms may also have established credit lines. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Ghana has about 260,000 telephone lines. (references) |
Venezuela | Visitors should use licensed cabs belonging to established taxi lines. (references) | |
Venezuela | Existing lines are limited, primarily running east-west through the city. (references) | |
Women | Austria | The Government also sponsors shelters and help lines for women. (references) |
Ukraine | State-run hot lines, shelters, and other practical support for victims of abuse are few in number. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Domestic violence against women, especially wife beating, is common and crosses all racial and economic lines. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Taiwan | The CLA has established hot lines to receive complaints about safety violations. (references) |
Ukraine | NGO's also operate hot lines in Luhansk, Odesa, Kharkiv, Ternopil, and Sevastopol. (references) | |
Ukraine | Winrock International reported 18,925 calls to its hot lines during the year; 15 percent concerned trafficking. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Barker | You see this young guy over here and he has about three lines and it's Robert Mitchum. And I love it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Some of the lines that divide the States and Territories of the United States from the British Provinces have been definitively fixed. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Annihilate this trade, arrest its free progress by the geographical lines of jealous and hostile States, and you destroy the prosperity and onward march of the whole and every part and involve all in one common ruin. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | Root before and after his noteworthy visit to that continent, and I sincerely hope that Congress may be induced to see the wisdom of a tentative effort to establish such lines by the use of mail subsidies. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | I am proud of a program that has helped to arm and feed and clothe millions of people who live on the front lines of freedom. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Let all nations know that during this administration our lines of communication will be open. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Rail freight service to many communities has declined as railroads abandon unproductive branch lines. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The Democrats may remember their lines, but how quickly they forget the lessons of the past. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | There are now long waiting lines of immigrants seeking to do just that. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "LINES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.74% of the time. "LINES" is used about 10,188 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.74% | 10,161 | 917 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.18% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,188 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "LINES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lines | Last name | 1,000 | 7,669 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Greece | Anek Lines Shipping SA | Japan | Mitsui O.S.K lines Limited |
| Singapore | Neptune Orient Lines Limited | South Korea | Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. |
| Sweden | Gorthon Lines AB | Taiwan | Wan Hai Lines Ltd. |
| Thailand | Regional Container Lines Public Company Limited | United Kingdom | British Regional Air Lines Group plc |
| USA | Delta Air Lines Inc | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "LINES": agonic lines ♦ artificial lines ♦ between the lines ♦ bidirectional lines ♦ body lines ♦ Circular lines ♦ Complex of lines ♦ Congruency of lines ♦ cotidal lines ♦ credit lines ♦ cross lines ♦ dash of a few lines ♦ dedicated access lines ♦ draw lines ♦ drawing lines ♦ floating lines ♦ Foul ball lines ♦ Fraunhofer lines ♦ guide lines ♦ Hard lines ♦ in broad lines ♦ Isentropic lines ♦ Isoclinal lines ♦ Isodiabatic lines ♦ Isodynamic lines ♦ Isogonic lines ♦ Isometric lines ♦ Isopiestic lines ♦ keep assembly lines rolling ♦ laid lines ♦ latitudinal lines ♦ Line of lines ♦ lines drawing ♦ lines of a ship ♦ lines of code ♦ lines of communications ♦ lines per minute ♦ marriage lines ♦ Nobert's lines ♦ of beautiful lines ♦ piano lines ♦ picket lines ♦ read between the lines ♦ resolvable horizontal lines ♦ resolvable vertical lines ♦ ship's lines ♦ space between two lines ♦ spider lines ♦ supply lines ♦ take a toll of ten lines ♦ tangled suspension lines ♦ To read between the lines ♦ touch lines ♦ Trigonometrical lines ♦ Zollner's lines. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "LINES": lines-but, lines-out, lines-up. | |
Ending with "LINES": assembly-lines, bar-lines, bass-lines, battle-lines, blood-lines, by-lines, guide-lines, half-lines, horse-lines, laugh-lines, ley-lines, life-lines, plot-lines, power-lines, roof-lines, sight-lines, story-lines, time-lines. | |
Containing "LINES": description-lines-are. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carnival cruise lines.com | 30 |
lines.gr minoan | 15 |
lines.com pick up | 14 |
air continental lines.com | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LINES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vijoj (add, continue, draw lines). (various references) | |
Arabic | بين السطور (between the lines). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | силуети, реплика (catchword, cue, replica, replication, speech), контури (outline), очертания (definition, set), брачно свидетелство, позиции. (various references) | |
Chinese | 线 (line). (various references) | |
Czech | nahodit na papír pár řádkù (dash of a few lines), mezi řádky (between the lines). (various references) | |
Danish | linjeplan (lines drawing), linierids (lines drawing), traekke striber (drawing lines, piano lines). (various references) | |
Dutch | lijnenplan (body lines, lines drawing, lines of a ship, ship's lines), peignage (drawing lines, piano lines), kamstrepen (drawing lines, piano lines), kameffect (drawing lines, piano lines). (various references) | |
Finnish | repliikki (rag, rejoinder, repartee), piirrot (drawing lines, piano lines). (various references) | |
French | traits (lineament), stries d'étirage (drawing lines, piano lines), plans des formes (lines drawing), plan de formes (body lines, lines drawing, lines of a ship, ship's lines), peignage (drawing lines, piano lines). (various references) | |
German | Zeilen, Linien. (various references) | |
Greek | γραμμές ελκυσμού (drawing lines, piano lines), γραμμές, ατάκες. (various references) | |
Hebrew | בין השיטין (between the lines), בין השורות (between the lines). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vers (erotic, numbers, piece of poetry, poem, rhyme, verse), szerep (cue, function, part, role), kantár (bridle, reins, ribbons), erődvonal, erődítési vonal, írásbeli kitüntetés, írásbeli büntetés. (various references) | |
Indonesian | rajah (lines in the palm, tattoo), penggarisan (drawing lines), merajah (lines in the palm, tattoo), menggurat (make lines, remove, scratch out), menggoresi (scratch lines into), mencoreng (cross out, daub, draw lines over). (various references) | |
Italian | piano di costruzione (body lines, lines drawing, lines of a ship, ship's lines), piani delle sezioni (lines drawing), piani delle forme (lines drawing), pettinatura (coiffure, combing, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, haistyle, headdress). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 蛇腹 (camera bellows, ceiling molding, cornice, design of parallel lines). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にっぽんこうくう (JAL, Japan Air Lines), ちょうえつこうたい (passage of lines), てんとせん (points and lines), てすじ (apt move, aptitude, handwriting, lines of the palm, standard method), じゃばら (bellows, ceiling molding, cornice, design of parallel lines), けんしゅう (exchange of sake cups, studying two lines together, training), アンコン , スピードせん (lines drawn to represent motion, speed lines), わりがき (interlinear notes, notes between lines of text), りょうせん (lines of a ridge), こんせん (confusion, crossed wires or lines, free-for-all fight), こうほうれんらくせん (lines of communication), いっぴつ (a few lines, stroke of pen), だいじ (epigraph, important, letters in a title, one's lines, prefatory words, serious matter, valuable, words), せりふ (one's lines, remarks, speech, words), ぎょうすう (linage, number of lines), さんぎょうはん (3 lines and a half), さきて (front lines, vanguard), ひとふで (a few lines, stroke of pen), ひとふでかく (to drop a few lines), しはい (between the lines, control, direction, Emperor's cup, reverse side of a paper, rule, trophy given by the Emperor), しじょう (annals, dentation, genuine feeling, historical, history, in a letter, in a magazine, in the newspapers, in the street, in the town, making lines, market, on paper, personal feelings, poetic interest, poetic sentiment, rifling a gun barrel, self-interest, sincerity, supremacy, test drive or ride, tooth shape, trial ride), きゃくせんび (beauty of leg lines), きせつせん (lines in operation), フラウンホーファーせん (Fraunhofer lines), ぜんせん (all lines, fight a good fight, front, front line, the whole line, the whole ship), ぎょうかん (between the lines), ぎょうかんをつめる (to crowd the lines), かはく (emergency anchoring, one's lines, remarks, speech, words). (various references) | |
Korean | 선 (lading, line). (various references) | |
Manx | linnaghyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ineslay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | linhas (drawing lines, piano lines), licença de casamento, penteado (coiffure, hairdo, hairstyle), fio de linha, estrias de estiramento (drawing lines, piano lines), destino (address, billet, burden, destiny, die, dole, doom, draw, fate, fortune, future, hap, karma, kismet, lot, luck, portion, star, weirdy, whither). (various references) | |
Romanian | soartã potrivnicã (hard lines), ghinion (bad luck, hard lines, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, phlizz), citi printre rânduri (go behind smb.'s words, read between the lines), certificat de cãsãtorie (marriage certificate, marriage licence, marriage lines), în linii generale (in broad lines). (various references) | |
Russian | слова роли, брачное свидетельство. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uloge, tekst (text). (various references) | |
Spanish | lineas, peine (comb, fly), peinado (coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, haistyle, headdress), pauta (example, guide, guideline, line, model, norm, paragon, pattern, rule), partida de matrimonio, papel (cameo, document, lead, paper, part, role, stationery), destino (destination, destiny, die, earmark, fate, fluke, luck, portion, posting, purpose). (various references) | |
Swedish | roll (character, part, personage, rôle, role), replik (answer, rejoinder, repetition, reply, retort), rader (rows), dragränder (drawing lines, piano lines). (various references) | |
Turkish | satır aralarını okumak (read between the lines), satır aralarını (between the lines), on kişinin canına mâlolmak (take a toll of ten lines), kotidal eğrileri (cotidal lines), ikmal hatları (supply lines), gizli anlamı çıkarmak (read between the lines), gizli anlamı (between the lines), denmek isteneni anlamak (read between the lines), altındaki anlamı çıkarmak (read between the lines). (various references) | |
Turkmen | setilemk (line up, put in lines, rows). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | між рядками (between the lines). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Kings Chapter 7, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsen duo diktua perikaluyai to epiqema twn stulwn kai diktuon tw epiqemati tw eni kai diktuon tw epiqemati tw deuterw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et e regione se respicientes aequali spatio inter columnas et super columnas quadrangulata ligna in cunctis aequalia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And `for ayen hem self beholdynge, with euen space betwixe the pilerys; and vpon the pilers foure cornerd trees, in alle thingis euen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Kings Chapter 7, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tanang mga pultahan ug mga haligi ginahimong eskinado uban ang mga sagbayan: ug ang tamboanan atbang sa tamboanan sa totolo ka laray. |
| Croatian | Sva vrata s dovratnicima bila su èetverokutna i po tri su prozora stajala jedan prema drugome. |
| Danish | Alle Døre og Lysåbninger havde firkantede Bjælkerammer, og Lysåbning sad over for Lysåbning tre Gange. |
| Dutch | Ook waren al de deuren en de posten vierkantig van enerlei uitzicht; en venster was tegenover venster, in drie orden. |
| Finnish | Kaikki oviaukot ja valoaukot olivat nelikulmaiset; ja oviaukot olivat vastakkain, aina kolme ja kolme. |
| French | Toutes les portes et tous les poteaux étaient formés de poutres en carré; et, à chacun des trois étages, les ouvertures étaient les unes vis-à-vis des autres. |
| German | Und alle Türen waren in ihren Pfosten viereckig, und die Fenster waren einander gegenüber dreimal. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka segala pintu dengan jenangnya empat persegi dibubuh pada sebelah terang betul di bawah segala tingkap itu, maka segala pintu itupun tiga jajar tingginya. |
| Italian | Le porte e i loro stipiti erano a forma quadrangolare; le finestre erano le une di fronte alle altre per tre volte. |
| Maori | Na he porowha nga tatau katoa, nga pou tatau me nga matapihi: me te anga ano tenei matapihi ki tenei matapihi; e toru nga rarangi. |
| Norwegian | Alle dørene og dørstolpene var firkantede, av bjelker, og vendte like mot vindusrekken, i alle tre høider. |
| Portuguese | Todas as portas e esquadrias eram quadradas; e uma janela estava defronte da outra, em três fileiras. |
| Rumanian | Toatq uwile wi toyi uwiorii erau din bkrne kn patru muchi, wi la fiecare din cele trei caturi, uwile erau fayq kn fayq. |
| Spanish | Todas las puertas y ventanas tenían marcos cuadrados, y una ventana estaba frente a otra ventana, en grupos de tres. |
| Swedish | Alla dörröppningar och dörrposter voro fyrkantiga, av bjälkar; och fönsteröppningarna sutto alldeles mitt emot varandra i tre omgångar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LINES": linesman, linesmen. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LINES": acetylcholines, adrenalines, airlines, alines, aminophyllines, amitriptylines, anilines, anophelines, anticlines, arecolines, balklines, baselines, beelines, beltlines, bengalines, berlines, bloodlines, bluelines, borderlines, bowlines, branchlines, breadlines, buntlines, bustlines, bylines, carlines, centerlines, chlortetracyclines, cholines, citrullines, clines, clotheslines, coastlines, complines, corallines, covellines, crinolines, cutlines, datelines, deadlines, declines, disciplines, disinclines, doxycyclines, draglines, drivelines, eugeosynclines, felines, figulines, fishlines, flatlines. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LINES": acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterases, anticholinesterase, anticholinesterases, beastliness, beastlinesses, beggarliness, beggarlinesses, brotherliness, brotherlinesses, burliness, burlinesses, chilliness, chillinesses, cholinesterase, cholinesterases, churchliness, churchlinesses, cleanliness, cleanlinesses, comeliness, comelinesses, comradeliness, comradelinesses, costliness, costlinesses, courtliness, courtlinesses, cowardliness, cowardlinesses, creatureliness, creaturelinesses, crumbliness, crumblinesses, curliness, curlinesses, curmudgeonliness, curmudgeonlinesses, dailiness, dailinesses, dastardliness, dastardlinesses, deadliness, deadlinesses, disorderliness, disorderlinesses, earliness, earlinesses, earthliness, earthlinesses, elderliness. (additional references) | |
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"LINES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eines, ilness, ines, kline, Laines, Lannes, Laynez, Leknes, lenez, Lense, leones, lianes, lieng, liesl, liez, lifes, liles, linacs, Linas, Linbeck, lincs, linds, linea, linee, linees, linel, linet, liney, linic, linie, linii, linis, linje, Linne, Linneus, linnis, linns, linoey, Linos, Lins, Linse, linsy, lints, linums, linus, linze, Lionis, Lisney, lites, lixes, lizes, Llanes, lones, lunas, lunes, lunets, lunis, Lunnis, Lunniss, Lynnes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "LINES" (pronounced lī"nz) |
| 4 | l ī" n z | aligns, alines, Clines, declines, inclines. |
| 3 | -ī" n z | assigns, bines, brines, combines, defines, designs, dines, Dynes, fines, Kines, mines, nines, opines, pines, redefines, refines, resigns, shines, shrines, signs, sines, spines, tines, tynes, undermines, vines, whines, wines. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lenis, liens. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: isle, leis, lens, lien, lies, line, lins, nils, sine. | |
-2 letters: els, ens, ins, lei, lie, lin, lis, nil, sei, sel, sen, sin. | |
-3 letters: el, en, es, in, is, li, ne, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-s" | |
+1 letter: aliens, alines, clines, elains, elfins, elints, eloins, enisle, enlist, ensile, ingles, inkles, inlets, insole, lesion, levins, lianes, likens, limens, linens, liners, linsey, listen, livens, lunies, lysine, oleins, pensil, saline, senile, silane, sileni, silent, silken, simnel, single, snivel, spinel, spline, tinsel. | |
+2 letters: ainsell, alevins, alexins, aliners, alkines, alpines, anisole, berlins, bindles, bylines, cineols, clients, denials, dentils, dindles, dingles, elastin, elision, eloigns, elusion, elysian, engilds, english, enisled, enisles, enlists, ensiled, ensiles, entails, entoils, epsilon, felines, finales, finless, glisten, illness, inclose, indoles, inhales, inkless, inlaces, inliers, innless, insoles, inulase, isoline, jingles, kelvins, kindles, lawines, leasing, lectins, leggins, legions, lensing, lentils, lentisk, lesbian, lesions, leucins, license, lichens, liernes, limners, linages, lindens, lindies, lineups, lingers, lingoes, liniest, linkers, linnets, linseed, linseys, lintels, linters, lioness, lionise, lippens, lisente, listens, lomeins, longies, loonies, luniest, lupines, luteins, lysines, malines, menials, merlins, mildens, milnebs, mingles, myelins, nailers, nailset, nellies, nerolis, nibbles, nickels, nickles, niellos, niggles, nipples, olefins, oleines, pencils, pensile, pensils, pilsner, pineals, pinoles, pintles, plenish, plenism, plenist, relines, relinks, renails, salient, salines, saltine, sanicle, scaleni, sealing, seeling, selenic, selfing, selling, seminal, seniles, setline, shingle, silanes, silence, silents, silenus, silvern, simnels, singled, singles, singlet, sinless, skyline, slainte, slewing, slidden, slinger, slinked, snailed, snidely, sniffle, sniggle, snivels, sonlike, spaniel, spindle, spinels, spinule, splenia, splenic, splenii, splined, splines, stencil, subline, sunlike, swindle, swingle, sylvine, tenails, tensile, tingles, tinkles, tinsels, unlives, unpiles, unveils, utensil, valines, welkins, windles, winkles, winless, wintles, yeelins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Company Usage 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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