Line

Line or lines may refer to:

Line (geometry), an infinitely-extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature
Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition
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
"The Line", i.e. the equator, marked as a distinctive horizontal line on maps of the world
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
Party line (politics), an idiom for a political party or social movement's canon agenda
LINEs is also an abbreviation for Long interspersed nuclear element in genomics.
lines of cocaine
Lines (video game)
Line (length) 1/12 an Inch

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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 level, a common standard for audio signals. Used when connecting audio components to each other

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"

Line (play), a long-running play written by Israel Horovitz
Lines (Emily Brontë poem), written in December 1837
Lines Review, a Scottish literary periodical published between 1952 and 1998
"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

Marine Corps LINE combat system, a martial arts system
LINEs(Long interspersed nuclear elements), a type of retrotransposon in the human genome

See also