What does Mainline mean?

Definitions for Mainline
ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn, -ˈlaɪnmain·line

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mainlineverb

    inject into the vein

    "She is mainlining heroin"

Wiktionary

  1. mainlineverb

    To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.

  2. mainlineadjective

    normal, principal or standard.

  3. mainlineadjective

    Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway

  4. mainlineadjective

    Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.

  5. Etymology: * main + line

ChatGPT

  1. mainline

    Mainline is often used in various contexts, but commonly, it refers to the principal route or line in a transportation system such as a railway or highway. It can also refer to the primary or most important route or course in any system or process. In the context of software, the mainline is the main branch or default branch where the software's latest development version is maintained. In a broader sense, it is usually used to denote the primary or most essential part of something. The term might also be used in business to refer its principal or essential products, services or activities.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mainline in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mainline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Mainline in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Gundlach:

    We never short in our mainline strategies. We also never go to zero Treasuries. We went to lower weightings and change the duration.

  2. Richard Anderson:

    CSX had lined and padlocked the switch off the mainline to the siding, causing the collision.

  3. Paul Vasquez:

    We need to learn to respond to them a different way - and not in a regular mainline type of prison.

  4. Anthea Butler:

    They are in many ways like conservative evangelicals, no same-sex marriage and no abortion, it's a 19th-century religion that comes out of a space where health and holiness was important. But they have this leader who is a woman, Ellen G. White, and they veer off of traditional mainline Christianity.

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