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Line Of Least Resistance


Specialty Definitions: Line Of Least Resistance

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Geography

The horizontal distance from a face back to the first row of drill holes. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

The shortest distance between the center line of a drill hole and the freerock face. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Line Of Least Resistance

Synonym: path of least resistance (n). (additional references)

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Familiar Quotations: Line Of Least Resistance

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Author Unknown

It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked.

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Modern Translations: Line Of Least Resistance

Language Translations for "line of least resistance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

linie for mindste modstand (burden), forsaetning (burden). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

lijn van de minste weerstand (burden). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

porausreiän pohjan etäisyys rintauksen pinnasta (burden). (various references)

   

French

  

ligne de moindre résistance. (various references)

   

German

  

Vorgabe (default, defaults', handicap, select), Buerde (burden), Abstand (desistance, difference, displacement, distance, gap, indemnity, interval, offset, space, spacing). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γραμμή ελάχιστης αντίστασης (burden). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

legkisebb ellenállás, legkönnyebb megoldás. (various references)

   

Italian

  

copertura (casing, cover, cover up, coverage, covering, lid, overlay). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inelay ofay eastlay esistanceray

   

Portuguese

  

linha de menor resistência (burden). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

линия наименьшего сопротивления. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

línea de menor resistencia (burden), distancia de rotura (burden). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Line Of Least Resistance

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-e-f-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-r-s-s-s-t-t"

-5 letters: illiteratenesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Line Of Least Resistance


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 69 6E 65      4F 66      4C 65 61 73 74      52 65 73 69 73 74 61 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#105 &#110 &#101 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#76 &#101 &#97 &#115 &#116 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#115 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0069 006E 0065      004F 0066      004C 0065 0061 0073 0074      0052 0065 0073 0069 0073 0074 0061 006E 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

467580712497224671678586252718575858667806971

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