Definitions for date line
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
date′ line`(n.)
Category: Horology
Ref: International Date Line.
Origin of date line:
1875–80
date•lineˈdeɪtˌlaɪn(n.; v.)-lined, -lin•ing.
(n.)a line at the beginning of a news dispatch, giving the place of origin and usu. the date.
Category: Journalism
(v.t.)to furnish (a news story) with a dateline.
Origin of dateline:
1885–90
Princeton's WordNet
dateline, date line, International Date Line(noun)
an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
date line
See international date line.
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