Line

Line, lines or LINE may refer to:

Science and technology

• Line (geometry), a concept which includes, but is not limited to, an infinitely-extended one-dimensional figure with no curvature
• Line (electrical engineering), any circuit or loop of an electrical system
  • Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system
  • Transmission line, a specialized structure designed to carry alternating current of radio frequency
  • Line level, a common standard for audio signals
• Line (unit), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch
• Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
• Line (text file), a row of characters as a unit of organization within text files
• Former name of the unit of magnetic flux, the Maxwell
• Lineage (evolution), a sequence of species that form a line of descent
• Inbred line or linear organisms, model organisms that are nearly genetically identical and are used in laboratories.
• Long interspersed nuclear element, a DNA sequence of two non overlapping reading frames, accounting for 21% of human DNA.
• Catheter, a thin tube extruded from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions
  • Central venous catheter (CVP) line, catheter placed into a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line, catheter inserted in a peripheral vein in the arm
  • Umbilical line, a catheter that is inserted into one of the two arteries or the vein of the umbilical cord

Arts

• Line (singer) (born 1996), Danish singer and finalist in the Danish X Factor
• The Line (game show), a 2014 American game show.

Structures in works

• Line (heraldry), used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry
• Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition
• A line of text in typography
• A sentence (or fragment) to be uttered by an actor, in a script or screenplay
• Line (melody), a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity
• Line (music) or part, a strand or melody of music played by an individual instrument or voice

Titled works

• Line (play), a 1967 long-running play written by Israel Horovitz
• The Line (memoir), a 2005 memoir written by Arch and Martin Flanagan
• The Line (play), a 2009 play by British dramatist Timberlake Wertenbaker
• "Lines" (Emily Brontë poem)
• "Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey", a poem by William Wordsworth

Moving-image media

• The Line (film), a 2009 film
• "The Line" (Heroes), a 2007 episode of the American television series Heroes
• The Line (TV series), a Canadian television series

Music

• Lines (album), a 1976 album by The Walker Brothers
• Lines (Pandelis Karayorgis album), a 1995 album by Pandelis Karayorgis & Eric Pakula
• "Lines" (song), 1976 song written by the American singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller
• "The Line" (Lisa Stansfield song), a 1997 song by Lisa Stansfield from her album Lisa Stansfield
• "The Line", a song by Battles
• "The Line", a song by Sadist from their album Lego
• "The Line", a song by Bruce Springsteen from his album The Ghost of Tom Joad

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

Sports

• Line (skateboarding), a series of three or more tricks landed in succession
• Line (ice hockey), a group of forwards that play in a group, or "shift", during a game
• Line and length, direction and point of bouncing on the pitch of a delivery in cricket
• Fishing line, cord used or made for angling
• Kite line, twine or specialized line for flying kites
• Money line, in wagering, odds on the outcome of a game with no consideration to a point spread
• Racing line, in auto racing, a path taken through a corner
• Lineman (American football), player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage
• Line of scrimmage, in American and Canadian football, the divider between the offense and defense at the start of a play

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
• Waterline, the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water

Business

• Line function, primary business activity that negatively affects income if interrupted
• Product lining, offering several related products for sale individually

Sewing and fashion

• Lining (sewing), an inner layer of fabric or other material inserted into clothing and similar items
• Empire line, style in women's clothing in which the dress has a fitted bodice ending just below the bust
• Fashion line, a clothing subsidiary that designs and sells garments according to a specific ethos
• Style line, a line or curve in a garment that has a visual effect

Acronyms

• LINE (combat system), a martial arts system
• Long interspersed nuclear element (LINE), a type of retrotransposon in genomics

Places

• Lines, Norway, an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway
• Line Islands, an island group in the central Pacific

People

• The Lines family of Birmingham, England, including:
  • Samuel Lines (1778–1863)^[1] and his sons^[2]
    • Samuel Rostill Lines (1804–1833)
    • Frederick Thomas Lines (1808-1898)
    • Henry Harris Lines (1800 or 1801-1889)
• Line (given name), a Danish and Norwegian female given name

Other uses

• Line (application), a social messaging application operated by NAVER
• LINE Corporation, a Japanese company
• Lines (punishment), punishment by forced writing of text
• Lines (video game), a 1992 computer puzzle game
• Waiting in line, people queued (first-come, first-served) for goods or services
• Pick-up line, an introduction intended to get the interest of the other party

See also

• Lyne (disambiguation)
  • Lyne (surname)
• Liner (disambiguation)
• Lining (disambiguation)
• Linear (disambiguation)
• Rectilinear (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Line

References

1. Grant, Maurice Harold (1958), "The Birmingham School of Landscape", A chronological history of the old English landscape painters, in oil, from the 16th century to the 19th century, 2, Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, p. 167, OCLC 499875203
2. Hill, Joseph; Harper, Edward S.; Midgley, William (1929). "Some of the earlier artists". The history of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, with a chapter of personal reminiscence by Edward S. Harper. Birmingham: Cornish Brothers. pp. 31–44.