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in line: being next in a line of succession; "he was in line for the presidency"; awaiting something; especially something due; "people were in line at the checkout counter"; "she was in line for promotion"; one behind another in a line or queue; "they waited in line for the tickets"

trunk line collapse: a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly; line that is the main route on a railway

party line collapse: a telephone line serving two or more subscribers; the policy of a political group; "He won in a vote along party lines"

railway collapse: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

cable collapse: a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire; a television system that transmits over cables; a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power; a telegram sent abroad; a nautical unit of depth; send cables, wires, or telegrams; fasten with a cable; "cable trees"

battlefield collapse: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"

firing line collapse: the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"; the line from which soldiers deliver fire

beeline collapse: the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom"

air mass collapse: a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally

isotherm collapse: (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time

trestle collapse: sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop; a supporting tower used to support a bridge

secant collapse: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle; a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

spearhead collapse: the head and sharpened point of a spear; the leading military unit in an attack; someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.); be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease"

isobar collapse: (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time

diagonal collapse: (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry; an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"; a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric; (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent; at an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page"

azimuth collapse: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

walk of life collapse: careers in general; "it happens in all walks of life"

perpendicular collapse: an extremely steep face; a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting; a straight line at right angles to another line; extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"; intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

orientation collapse: the act of orienting; a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships; an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs; position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

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