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Definition: LIN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).[Wordnet]
2. A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.[Websters]
3. A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.[Websters]
4. A steep ravine.[Websters].
Verb 1. To yield; to stop; to cease.[Websters]
2. To cease from.[Websters]
3. Base verb from the following inflections: lining, lined, lins, liner, liners, liningly and linedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Lin" is a common misspelling or typo for: line, link, pin, lion, kin, lain, lib, ling, lino, lien, loin, Lim, lint, linn, lind, LUN, lins, Lian, limn, liny, Klin, blin.

Date "Lin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1388. (references)

Common Expressions: LIN

Expressions Definition
Brigitte Lin Brigitte Lin or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia (born November 3 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. (references)
Carol Lin Carol Lin anchors CNN Saturday Night and CNN Sunday Night on CNN USA. She is based in Atlanta. Starting her career at CNN in 1998, she anchored CNN Early Edition, CNN Live at Daybreak and the former news-magazine program CNN NewsStand. Before, she was a weekend news anchor for KTTV in Los Angeles. (references)
Chi Lin Chi Lin is a martial art from Southeast Asia that was taught in America by Grandmaster Dennis Decker. Decker died in 1997. His students are continuing the practice and teachings of his art throughout the United States. Chi Lin schools are usually private where the art is taught by teachers to a select few students. This is not always the case but for the most part it is the rule rather than the exception. (references)
Criticize Confucius, Criticize Lin Biao The Criticize Lin Biao, Criticize Confucius campaign was a political campaign started by Mao Zedong's fourth wife Jiang Qing, which lasted from 1972 to 1974 and was an extension of the then-current anti-Lin Biao campaign. Lin’s alleged treason was linked to its ancient supposed moral equivalent, Confucius’s alleged attempt to roll back the tide of history by upholding the values of the Slave Society of Western Zhou. It was part of a series of campaigns in the latter stages of the Cultural Revolution. (references)
Fa yüan chu lin The Fa yüan chu lin (法苑珠林), literally translated Forest of Gems in the Garden of the Law, is a Buddhist encyclopedia compiled AD 668 by Tao-shih. It is source of knowledge about Buddhist texts otherwise lost, and for the study of Chinese history and literature. (references)
Hung-Chang Lin Hung Chang Lin (Jimmy Lin) (born August 8, 1919) is a Chinese-American Inventor who currently resides in Maryland. (references)
Lee Lin Chin Lee Lin Chin is an Australian news reporter for SBS TV. She has been part of the SBS for many years and is also host of a fashion show. She can be considered different from many stereotypical news reporters as she tries to keep up with the latest fashion trends and hair styles. A parody of her called 'Shiela' who has green hair, and large lipsticked lips was shown on a sketch comedy called Big Bite. (references)
Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery or Siong Lim Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Singapore. (references)
Lin Biao Lin Biao (December 5, 1907 - September 13 1971) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, once known as Mao Zedong's comrade-in-arms and likely successor, but later discredited as a traitor. (references)
Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. (references)
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: LIN

Expressions Domain Definition
Isontic lin Mining See: isopleth. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: LIN

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
LIN English Local interconnexion network N/A
LIN Italian Molva Food & Agriculture, Biology & Biotechnology
LIN Latin Molva molva Food & Agriculture, Biology & Biotechnology
Lin.ft. English Linear foot Meteorology & Standards
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: LIN

Lin Ying

People named Lin Ying include:

  • Lin Ying, a former Chinese badminton player
  • Maya Lin, a Chinese American artist

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Lin Ying (disambiguation)". Image Credit.
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Extended Definition: LIN

Lin

Lin may refer to:

  • Lin (surname)
  • Lin (name)
  • Lin (The King of Fighters), a Chinese ninja character
  • Lin Shaye (born 1944), an American actress
  • LIN TV, an American holding company operating 31 stations
  • Maya Lin, an American artist
  • Wai Lin, a character in Tomorrow Never Dies
  • LIN, Local Interconnect Network
  • LIN Linate Airport, Milan

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Lin". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: LIN

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Lin 358     Annie Lin 5
Lin (The King of Fighters) 321     Ariel Lin 8
Ruby Lin 76     Aye Mya Kyi Lin Market 2
Lin Cheng-feng 37     Bing Chao Lin 3
Lin Biao 31     Brigitte Lin 8
LIN TV 31     Carol Lin 12
Lin Carter 29     Chan Sow Lin LRT station 22
Jimmy Lin Chih Ying 27     Chen Lin 10
Tam Lin 27     Chen Lin (Ming) 4
Chan Sow Lin LRT station 22     Chen Lin (Three Kingdoms) 5
Wang Lin 22     Chi Lin Nunnery 4
Qian Lin 20     Chia-Chiao Lin 7
Ma Lin 18     Chien-Kwan Lin 7
Wai Lin 17     Chin Lin Sou 5
Tao Lin 17     Clara Lin 6
Lin Zexu 16     Danielle Lin 3
Maya Lin 16     Elsa Lin 3
Lin Dan 15     En-Yu Lin 7
Lin Chia-sheng 15     Feng Lin 4
Lin Yutang 14     Fu-Kuen Lin 5
JJ Lin 14     Gao Lin 8
Tung Hua Lin 13     Hay Lin 12
Carol Lin 12     Hung-Chang Lin 3
Hay Lin 12     Jenny Lin 4
Sun Lin 12     Jimmy Lin Chih Ying 27
Lin Hsin Hsin 12     JJ Lin 14
Kelly Lin 11     Justin Lin (director) 6
Lin (surname) 11     Justin Yifu Lin 7
Lin (name) 11     Kelly Lin 11
Tam Lin (novel) 11     Kevin Lin 4
Lin Shihong 11     Lee Lin Chin 6
Chen Lin 10     Liew Thow Lin 5
Lin Sen 10     Lin 358
Lin Shu 10     Lin (.hack) 3
Murong Lin 10     Lin (Fist of the North Star) 7
Lin Wang 9     Lin (name) 11
Lin Chong 9     Lin (surname) 11
Lin Yueru 9     Lin (The King of Fighters) 321
Lin Carter deities 9     Lin and Larry Pardey 7
Lin Youren 9     Lin Anderson 6
Gao Lin 8     Lin Baoyi 3
Si Xi Lin Men Xi Ying Chun 8     Lin Biao 31
Lin Chen 8     Lin Biviano 3
Brigitte Lin 8     Lin Carter 29
Ma Lin (table tennis) 8     Lin Carter deities 9
Ariel Lin 8     Lin Chao 5
Penny Lin 8     Lin Chao-Huang 3
Shi Mei Lin 7     Lin Chaoying 6
Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School 7     Lin Chen 8
Chien-Kwan Lin 7     Lin Cheng-feng 37
Lin Hatfield Dodds 7     Lin Chia-sheng 15
Mai Lin 7     Lin Chi-ling 7
Lin and Larry Pardey 7     Lin Ching-i 7
Lin Chi-ling 7     Lin Cho-liang 4
Lin (Fist of the North Star) 7     Lin Chong 9
Yi-Bing Lin 7     Lin Chun-yi 6
Lin Tinggui 7     Lin Dai 4
Tung-Yen Lin 7     Lin Daiyu 5
Lin Ching-i 7     Lin Dan 15
En-Yu Lin 7     Lin Dawson 4
Chia-Chiao Lin 7     Lin Di 3
Justin Yifu Lin 7     Lin Dunn 5
Clara Lin 6     Lin Elliot 5
Lin Chaoying 6     Lin Fa Shan 2
Lin Yi-hsiung 6     Lin Feng 2
Lin Shaye 6     Lin Fengmian 3
Lin Chun-yi 6     Lin Haiyin 4
Lin Houston 6     Lin Hatfield Dodds 7
The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter 6     Lin Houston 6
Lin Shukla 6     Lin Hsin Hsin 12
Zhu Lin 6     Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum 3
Justin Lin (director) 6     Lin Hsin-i 3
T. Y. Lin International 6     Lin Hu 2
Lin Anderson 6     Lin Hua-shan 2
Lee Lin Chin 6     Lin Huiyin 4
Yang Lin 6     Lin Hwai-min 3
Lin Yang-kang 5     Lin Jiang 2
Lin Mosei 5     Lin Jiqing 3
Lin Onus 5     Lin Keng-chi 3
Lin Newborn 5     Lin Kun-Han 3
Lin Elliot 5     Lin Li 5
Lin Xiangru 5     Lin Liguo 2
Lin Yü-chih 5     Lin Liheng 2
Fu-Kuen Lin 5     Lin Ma Hang 3
Lin Chao 5     Lin Mosei 5
Annie Lin 5     Lin Newborn 5
Ma Lin (warlord) 5     Lin Onus 5
Lin Dunn 5     Lin Que 3
Lin Li 5     Lin Sang 4
Liew Thow Lin 5     Lin Sen 10
Lin Yueh-ping 5     Lin Shaye 6
Sam Chu Lin 5     Lin Shihong 11
Lin Sue Cooney 5     Lin Shouzhi 4
Lin Xiaochieh 5     Lin Shu 10
Lin Van Hek 5     Lin Shukla 6
Lin Daiyu 5     Lin Sue Cooney 5
Chin Lin Sou 5     Lin Sun 4
Chen Lin (Three Kingdoms) 5     Lin Thorp 4
Lin Wei-shan 4     Lin Tinggui 7
Lin Dai 4     Lin Tsung-yi 4
Kevin Lin 4     LIN TV 31
Lin Cho-liang 4     Lin Van Hek 5
Lin Dawson 4     Lin Wang 9
Po Lin Monastery 4     Lin Wei-shan 4
Lin Huiyin 4     Lin Wen-tang 3
Jenny Lin 4     Lin Xiangru 5
Xing Lin 4     Lin Xiaochieh 5
Lin Ying 4     Lin Xin 3
Yang-Min Lin 4     Lin Yü-chih 5
Chi Lin Nunnery 4     Lin Yan Fen 3
Lin Shouzhi 4     Lin Yang-kang 5
Lin Sun 4     Lin Yi-hsiung 6
Lin Tsung-yi 4     Lin Ying 4
Lin Thorp 4     Lin Ying (alternative meanings) 2
Feng Lin 4     Lin Youren 9
Lin Haiyin 4     Lin Yud 2
Orna Lin 4     Lin Yueh-ping 5
Lin Sang 4     Lin Yueru 9
Chen Lin (Ming) 4     Lin Yutang 14
Lin Fengmian 3     Lin Zexu 16
Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum 3     Luo Lin 2
Lin Biviano 3     Ma Lin 18
Su Lin 3     Ma Lin (table tennis) 8
Lin Wen-tang 3     Ma Lin (warlord) 5
Paul Lin 3     Mai Lin 7
Lin Keng-chi 3     Maya Lin 16
Vicki Lin 3     Murong Lin 10
Lin Que 3     Nan Lin 3
Lin (.hack) 3     Orna Lin 4
Nan Lin 3     Pan Lin 3
Lin Hwai-min 3     Patty Lin 3
Lin Baoyi 3     Paul Lin 3
Lin Di 3     Penny Lin 8
Hung-Chang Lin 3     Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School 7
Lin Ma Hang 3     Po Lin Monastery 4
Danielle Lin 3     Qian Lin 20
Lin Xin 3     Ruby Lin 76
Lin Chao-Huang 3     Sam Chu Lin 5
Lin Kun-Han 3     Selena Lin 2
Lin Yan Fen 3     Shi Mei Lin 7
Bing Chao Lin 3     Si Xi Lin Men Xi Ying Chun 8
Lin Jiqing 3     Su Lin 3
Elsa Lin 3     Sui Lin 2
Patty Lin 3     Sun Lin 12
Zhang Lin 3     T. Y. Lin International 6
Lin Hsin-i 3     Tam Lin 27
Pan Lin 3     Tam Lin (novel) 11
Luo Lin 2     Tao Lin 17
Yue Lin 2     The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter 6
Lin Liheng 2     Tung Hua Lin 13
Selena Lin 2     Tung-Yen Lin 7
Lin Liguo 2     Vicki Lin 3
Lin Hua-shan 2     Wai Lin 17
Lin Jiang 2     Wang Lin 22
Lin Feng 2     Willy Lin 2
Aye Mya Kyi Lin Market 2     Xing Lin 4
Sui Lin 2     Yang Lin 6
Lin Fa Shan 2     Yang-Min Lin 4
Willy Lin 2     Yi-Bing Lin 7
Lin Yud 2     Yue Lin 2
Zhuo Lin 2     Zhang Lin 3
Zu Lin 2     Zhu Lin 6
Lin Ying (alternative meanings) 2     Zhuo Lin 2
Lin Hu 2     Zu Lin 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: LIN

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian vir (virus, eddy, lin, maelstrom, pool). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina vir (virus, eddy, lin, maelstrom, pool). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 林 (forest, hold, woods, attach, brandish), 人名 (personal name, Carnegie, Cicero, Crockett, Crusoe), 林森 (lin sen), 林月如 (Lin Yueru), 林岳平 (Lin Yueh-ping), 林洋港 (Lin Yang-kang), 林丰正 (Lin Feng-cheng), 林黛玉 (Lin Daiyu), 林县 (Lin county), 临县 (Lin county). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 林 (attach, brandish, hold, forest, woods), 林森 (lin sen), 林月如 (Lin Yueru), 林岳平 (Lin Yueh-ping), 林洋港 (Lin Yang-kang), 林豐正 (Lin Feng-cheng), 林黛玉 (Lin Daiyu), 臨縣 (Lin county), 林縣 (Lin county), 林沖 (Lin Chong). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech vir (virus, eddy, lin, maelstrom, pool). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari استخر (linn, stank, lake, swag, watering place), ابشار (cascade, fall, linn, waterfall, lin), درياچه كوچك (linn, lin). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Flachs (flax, flaxes, lin, linen, phlox). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
German Flachs (flax, flaxes, lin, linen, phlox). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 잃어버린고리 (missing lin, missing link), 유인원과 사람 사이에 존재했다고 가상되는 동물 (missing lin, missing link). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 잃어버린고리 (missing lin, missing link), 유인원과 사람 사이에 존재했다고 가상되는 동물 (missing lin, missing link). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew אורנה לין (Orna Lin). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Flachs (flax, flaxes, lin, linen, phlox). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Flachs (flax, flaxes, lin, linen, phlox). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit אורנה לין (Orna Lin). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 林則徐 (Lin Zexu), 林森 (Lin Sen), リン・カーター (Lin Carter), 林彪 (Lin Biao). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 잃어버린고리 (missing lin, missing link), 유인원과 사람 사이에 존재했다고 가상되는 동물 (missing lin, missing link). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi استخر (linn, stank, lake, swag, watering place), ابشار (cascade, fall, linn, waterfall, lin), درياچه كوچك (linn, lin). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian استخر (linn, stank, lake, swag, watering place), ابشار (cascade, fall, linn, waterfall, lin), درياچه كوچك (linn, lin). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) استخر (linn, stank, lake, swag, watering place), ابشار (cascade, fall, linn, waterfall, lin), درياچه كوچك (linn, lin). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish lino (flax, linen, line, linum, lin). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, lin. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: LIN

Language Translations for “lin” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Lathagin (Lin). Additional references: Athag, lin. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Lagin (Lin). Additional references: Double Dutch, lin. (volunteer)
Leet |!{\} (Lin). Additional references: Leet, lin. (volunteer)
Oppish Lopin (Lin). Additional references: Oppish, lin. (volunteer)
Pig Latin inlay (lin). Additional references: Pig Latin, lin. (volunteer)
Terran B llaoh (lin). Additional references: Terran B, lin. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Lubin (Lin). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, lin. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: LIN

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 Molva molva (ling, drizzie, lin, trade ling, -ling). Additional references: Latin, lin. (volunteer)
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