Line most often refers to:
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Line (geometry), object that has zero thickness and curvature and stretches to infinity
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Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system
Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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Lines (film), a 2016 Greek film
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The Line (2023 film), an American drama
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The Line (2022 film), a Swiss, French, and Belgian drama
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The Line (2017 film), a Slovak-Ukrainian crime film
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The Line (2009 film), an American action-crime film
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The Line, a 2009 independent film by Nancy Schwartzman
Podcasts
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The Line (podcast), 2021 by Dan Taberski
Literature
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Line (comics), a term to describe a subset of comic book series by a publisher
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Line (play), by Israel Horovitz, 1967
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Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition
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"Lines" (poem), an 1837 poem by Emily Brontë
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The Line (memoir), by Arch and Martin Flanagan
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The Line (play), by Timberlake Wertenbaker, 2009
Music
Albums
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Lines (The Walker Brothers album), 1976
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Lines (Pandelis Karayorgis album), 1995
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Lines (Unthanks album), 2018
Songs
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"Line" (song), 2017 single by Triana Park
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"Lines" (song), 1976 single by The Walker Brothers
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"The Line" (Foo Fighters song), 2017
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"The Line" (Lisa Stansfield song), 1997
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"The Line" (Raye song), 2017
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"Line", 2018 song by The Story So Far from Proper Dose
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"LINE", 2015 single by Sukima Switch
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"Lines", 2007 song by Dead Letter Circus from Dead Letter Circus
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"The Line", 2010 single by Battles
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"The Line", 2000 song by Sadist from Lego
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"The Line", 1995 song by Bruce Springsteen from The Ghost of Tom Joad
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"The Line", a 2024 song recorded by Twenty One Pilots for Arcane season two
Other uses in music
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Line (melody), a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity
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Line (music) or part, a strand or melody of music played by an individual instrument or voice
Television
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The Line (game show), a 2014 American game show
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The Line (TV series), a Canadian television series
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"The Line" ( Heroes), a 2007 episode of the American television series Heroes
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"The Line" ( The Amazing World of Gumball), a 2017 episode of the British-American animated television series The Amazing World of Gumball
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The Line, a 2021 documentary series directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Doug Shultz
Business
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Below the line, an advertising term
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Bottom line, or profit line, net profit
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Line function, primary business activity that negatively affects income if interrupted
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Line item, an accounting term
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Line of business, a product or set of related products
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Poverty line, an economics term
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Product lining, offering several related products for sale individually
Computing and telecommunications
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Line (electrical engineering), any circuit or loop of an electrical system
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Line level, a common standard for audio signals
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Transmission line, a specialized structure designed to carry alternating current of radio frequency
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Line (text file), a row of characters as a unit of organization within text files
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Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
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Line Corporation, a Tokyo-based technology company
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Line (software), a social messaging application operated by Line Corporation
Military
Land warfare
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Line (formation), standard tactical formation of forces
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Line infantry, line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments"
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Lines, another word for fortifications
Sea warfare
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Line of battle, in naval warfare, a line of warships
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Line officer, (naval) officer qualified to command a vessel
People
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Line (given name), a Scandinavian female given name
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Line (singer) (born 1996), a Danish singer and finalist in the Danish X Factor
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Peter Line (bowls) (1930–2025), English lawn and indoor bowler
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Peter Line (snowboarder) (born 1974), American professional snowboarder, snowboard industry entrepreneur, writer, photographer and designer
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Lines (surname)
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The Lines family of Birmingham, England, including:
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Samuel Lines (1778–1863) and his sons
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Samuel Rostill Lines (1804–1833)
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Frederick Thomas Lines (1808–1898)
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Henry Harris Lines (1800 or 1801–1889)
Places
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Líně, a municipality and village in the Czech Republic
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Linesøya, an island, Åfjord, Norway
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The Line, Saudi Arabia, a planned city
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Line Islands, in the central Pacific
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The Line (art trail), London
Science
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Fault line, a geological term
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Inbred line, either of:
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Inbred strain or linear organisms, model organisms that are nearly genetically identical and are used in laboratories
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Products of line breeding, a technique in animal and plant agriculture and horticulture
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Lineage (evolution), a sequence of species that form a line of descent
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Long interspersed nuclear element, or LINE, a DNA sequence of two non-overlapping reading frames, accounting for 21% of human DNA
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Maxwell (unit), the unit of magnetic flux, formerly called line
Sports
Flexible ligatures
Competitive sports
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Line (ice hockey), group of forwards that play in a group, or "shift", during a game
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Line and length, direction, and distance, to first bounce on the pitch, in delivery in cricket
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Line of scrimmage, in American and Canadian football
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Racing line, in auto racing, path taken through a corner
Sports Betting
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Line in Spread betting, number assigned by bookmakers which handicaps one team and favors another when two teams play each other, aka the spread
Transport
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Airline, a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight
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Log-line, in nautical usage, a piece of rope which has been assigned a function
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Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport
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Railway line, a railway route or service
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Waterline, the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water
Other uses
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Line (unit), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch
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The Line, a website and social media campaign promoting respectful relationships, run by Our Watch in Australia
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LINE (combat system), a martial arts system
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Line (graphics), a narrow field between two points
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Line (heraldry), used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry
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Queue area, known in American English as a place to stand "in line"
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Line dance, a choreographed dance of a group of people
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Writing lines, a form of school punishment
See also
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A-line (clothing), a style of skirt or dress
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Line cook, a chef who works a station in a professional restaurant
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Linear (disambiguation)
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Liner (disambiguation)
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Lining (disambiguation)
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Lyne (disambiguation)
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Iine (disambiguation)