What does mainline mean?
Definitions for mainline
ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn, -ˈlaɪnmain·line
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Princeton's WordNet
mainlineverb
inject into the vein
"She is mainlining heroin"
Wiktionary
mainlineverb
To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
mainlineadjective
normal, principal or standard.
mainlineadjective
Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway
mainlineadjective
Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
Etymology: * main + line
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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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mainline in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mainline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of mainline in a Sentence
We never short in our mainline strategies. We also never go to zero Treasuries. We went to lower weightings and change the duration.
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.
CSX had lined and padlocked the switch off the mainline to the siding, causing the collision.
We need to learn to respond to them a different way - and not in a regular mainline type of prison.
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- linha principalPortuguese
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