alignment
Webster Dictionary
the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron
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line
Webster Dictionary
a series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings
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offset
(ˈɔfˈskrin, ˈɒf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called offset line. a line a short distance from and parallel to a main survey line.
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lineage
Webster Dictionary
descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage
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lineal
Webster Dictionary
in the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude
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feeder
Webster Dictionary
a branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line
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direction
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the line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction
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tangent
Webster Dictionary
a tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See Trigonometrical function, under Function
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line
Webster Dictionary
the equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line
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gunter's line
Webster Dictionary
a logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers
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tractrix
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a curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line
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indentation
Webster Dictionary
the act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph
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branch
Webster Dictionary
a line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family
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line
Webster Dictionary
to read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn
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perpendicular
Webster Dictionary
at right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc
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liner
Webster Dictionary
a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line
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directrix
Webster Dictionary
a line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface
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register
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to correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is necessary
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align
Webster Dictionary
to adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline
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slope
Webster Dictionary
an oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another
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radius vector
Webster Dictionary
a straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n
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level
Webster Dictionary
a line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere
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helicoid
Webster Dictionary
a warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it
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secant
Webster Dictionary
a right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function
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angle of incidence
(angle of incidence, incidence angle)
Princeton's WordNet
the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
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straight line
(straight line)
Princeton's WordNet
a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
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twirl
(kink, twist, twirl)
Princeton's WordNet
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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kink
(kink, twist, twirl)
Princeton's WordNet
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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twist
(kink, twist, twirl)
Princeton's WordNet
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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incidence angle
(angle of incidence, incidence angle)
Princeton's WordNet
the angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
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