Line

Look up Line, line, or líne in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Line most often refers to:

• In geometry, art, or similar:
  • Line (geometry), an object that has zero thickness and no curvature (i.e. is straight) and stretches to infinity
  • Line segment, a finite piece of an infinite line
  • Line (graphics), a path drawn between two points
• A line of text:
  • See line length in typography
  • Line (text file), a row of characters as a unit of organization within text files
  • Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition
• Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system
• Queue area, known in American English as a place to stand "in line"

Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Business and economics

• Above the line (advertising) and below the line, advertisements targeted to either the general public or specific audiences, respectively
• In the context of staff and line functions, business activities that directly advance the main goal, as opposed to staff functions' support role
• A set of related products from the same company:
  • Line of business, products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need
  • Product lining, the offering of several related products for sale
• A line item on a form, such as the bottom line that often represents net income
• A cutoff between categories, such as:
  • Poverty threshold, AKA poverty line or breadline, the amount of income estimated as the minimum needed to afford necessities
• Line management, the direct supervisors of front-line workers
• Line Corporation, a Tokyo-based technology company

Military

• Line (formation), standard tactical formation of forces
• Line infantry, line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments"
• Line officer or officer of the line, an officer with authority to command units
• Fortifications, also called lines
• Line of battle, in naval warfare, a line of warships

People

• Line (given name), a Scandinavian female given name
• Line (surname)
• Lines (surname)
• The Lines family of Birmingham, England, including:
  • Samuel Lines (1778–1863) and his sons
    • Samuel Rostill Lines (1804–1833)
    • Frederick Thomas Lines (1808–1898)
    • Henry Harris Lines (1800 or 1801–1889)

Places

• Líně, a municipality and village in the Czech Republic
• Linesøya, an island, Åfjord, Norway
• The Line, Saudi Arabia, a planned city
• Line Islands, in the central Pacific
• The Line (art trail), London

Science and technology

Sports

Transport

• Airline, a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight
• Log-line, in nautical usage, a piece of rope which has been assigned a function
• Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport
• Railway line, a railway route or service
• Waterline, the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water

Other uses

• Line (unit), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or (later) one-tenth of an inch
• Line (heraldry), used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry
• LINE (combat system), a martial arts system
• The Line, a website and social media campaign promoting respectful relationships, run by Our Watch in Australia
• Line Corporation, a Tokyo-based technology company

See also

• Writing lines, a form of school punishment
• A-line (disambiguation)
• Line cook, a chef who works a station in a professional restaurant
• Bottom line (disambiguation)
• Linear (disambiguation)
• Liner (disambiguation)
• Lining (disambiguation)
• Lyne (disambiguation)
• Iine (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Line

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