Dictionary Definition: Line

As a basis for my ''What is a line'' project, I thought I would gather information on what the physical world pursues a line to be. Here is a definition from wikipedia.

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 level, a common standard for audio signals. Used when connecting audio components to each other.
• Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
• line, former name of the unit of magnetic flux, the Maxwell (unit)
• Line (unit), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch
• Line (geometry), an infinitely-extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature
  • a shape that is only indivisible along a particular direction
  • Line drawing algorithm
• 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 (evolution) and kinship and descent
• LINE, a "Long interspersed nuclear element". In genetics, LINEs are a type of retrotransposon

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