Line

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Line or lines may refer to:

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Line (electrical engineering), a circuit
- A power line for electric power transmission
- line power or lines power, domestic mains electricity
- telephone line
- RF transmission line
- Line level, a common standard for audio signals
Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
line, former name of the unit of magnetic flux, the Maxwell
Line (unit), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch
Line (geometry), a concept which includes an infinitely-extended one-dimensional figure with no curvature
line: a medical catheter, particularly one used for intravenous treatment
Line (text file), a row of characters as a unit of organization within text files
A "line of longitude" or "line of latitude" in geography. "The Line" may refer to the equator.
Relationships in genetics and genealogy, such as Lineage and kinship and descent
Color Lines, or Lines, a computer puzzle game
LINE, an instant messaging app.

Railway line
Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport
The International Load Line or Plimsoll line (Waterline), indicates the maximum safe draft for the vessel
Airline
A bus line, see List of bus operating companies

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 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
Racing line, in auto racing, a path taken through a corner
In kiting: kite line
In fishing: fishing line
Line (ice hockey), a group of forwards that play in a group, or "shift", during a game

Line (play), a 1967 long-running play written by Israel Horovitz
Line (singer) (born 1996), Danish singer and finalist in the Danish X Factor
Lines (Emily Brontë poem), written in December 1837
Lines (album), a 1976 album by The Walker Brothers
Lines Review, a Scottish literary periodical published between 1952 and 1998
"Lines", abbreviation for "Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey", a poem by William Wordsworth
A line of text in writing or typography
Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition
Line, or the melody in a musical composition
The dialogue to be spoken in a script or screenplay
Line (heraldry), used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry
Lines (album), a 2012 album by Twintera
"The Line" (Heroes), an episode of the American television series Heroes
The Line (film), a 2009 film
The Line (TV series), a Canadian television series
"The Line", a song by Battles
"The Line", a song by Sadist from their album Lego
"The Line", a song by Lisa Stansfield from her album Lisa Stansfield

LINE (application), a popular social messaging application in Japan
Line (given name), a Danish and Norwegian female given name
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 thin continuous length of ink or other marking in a drawing
A geographical or political border that is clearly defined and demarcated
A name given to some roads in Ontario, usually running perpendicular to concession roads
Lines (punishment), punishment by forced writing of text
Party line (politics), an idiom for a political party or social movement's canon agenda
Lines of cocaine
Lines (video game)
A one-, two- or three-line whip, a notice issued by a Chief Whip in the UK parliament
A "straight line" is used to set up a joke, while the punch line completes it
Line Islands, an island group in the central Pacific
Line, a drug in the video game Togainu no Chi