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Line or lines may refer to:
- Line (mathematics), an infinitely-extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature
- a length of rope, cable or chain when put to use (such as a clothesline, anchor line)
- a line or queue of people waiting in a queue area
- a line of text in writing
- Line (text file), a unit of organization for text files
- Lines (punishment), punishment by forced writing of text
- relationships in genetics and genealogy, such as Lineage (evolution) and kinship and descent
- LINEs is also a abbreviation for Long interspersed nuclear element in genomics.
- lines of cocaine
- Lines (video game)
- A one-, two- or three-line whip, a notice issued by a Chief Whip in the UK parliament
People
- Dick Lines (born 1938), former Canadian baseball player
- Richard D. Lines, American amateur astronomer
In science and technology
- Line (electrical engineering), a circuit or loop
- a power line for electric power transmission
- line power, domestic mains electricity
- Telephone line
- RF transmission line
- Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
- line, former name of the unit of magnetic flux, the Maxwell (unit)
- Line (length), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch
In transport
- a railway line
- Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport
- Airline
- A bus line, see List of bus operating companies
In business
- Line function, a business activity
- Product lining, in marketing
In the military
- Line (formation), a standard tactical formation of forces
- Line infantry, a line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments"
- Line of battle, in naval warfare, a line of warships, hence "ship of the line"
In sport
- In water sports: small rope
- The point spread in spread betting
- in cricket, the direction of a delivery, see line and length
- Offensive line or defensive line in American football
- Line (racing), in auto racing, a path taken through a corner
- In kiting: Kite line
In the arts
- Line (play), a long-running play written by Israel Horovitz
- Lines (Emily Brontë poem), written in December 1837
- "Lines", abbreviation for "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798," a poem by William Wordsworth
The abbreviation LINE
- Marine Corps LINE combat system, a martial arts system
- LINEs(Long interspersed nuclear elements), a type of retrotransposon in the human genome
See also
- Division of Lyne, Australian electorial district
- Lyne (surname)
- Lyne, Denmark (town)
- Liner (disambiguation)
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