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'''Line''' or '''lines''' may refer to:
* [[Line (mathematics)]], an infinitely-extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature
* a length of [[rope]], [[cable]] or [[chain]] when put to use (such as a clothesline, anchor line)
* a line or queue of people waiting in a [[queue area]]
* a line of text in [[writing]]
* [[Line (text file)]], a unit of organization for [[text files]]
**[[Lines (punishment)]], punishment by forced writing of text
* relationships in genetics and genealogy, such as [[Lineage (evolution)]] and [[kinship and descent]]
* LINEs is also a abbreviation for [[Long interspersed nuclear element]] in genomics.
* lines of [[cocaine]]
* [[Lines (video game)]]
*A one-, two- or three-line whip, a notice issued by a [[Chief Whip]] in the UK parliament
===People===
*[[Dick Lines]] (born 1938), former Canadian baseball player
*[[Richard D. Lines]], American amateur astronomer
===In science and technology===
* [[Line (electrical engineering)]], a circuit or loop
** a power line for [[electric power transmission]]
** ''line power'', domestic [[mains electricity]]
** [[Telephone line]]
** RF [[transmission line]]
* [[Line (video)]], a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
* ''line'', former name of the unit of magnetic flux, the [[Maxwell (unit)]]
* [[Line (length)]], an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch
===In transport===
* a [[railway]] line
* [[Shipping line]], a company engaged in sea transport
* [[Airline]]
* A bus line, see [[List of bus operating companies]]
===In business===
* [[Line function]], a business activity
* [[Product lining]], in marketing
===In the military===
* [[Line (formation)]], a standard tactical formation of forces
**[[Line infantry]], a line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments"
* [[Line of battle]], in naval warfare, a line of warships, hence "ship of the line"
===In sport===
* In water sports: [[Rope#Line|small rope]]
* The point spread in [[spread betting]]
* in cricket, the direction of a delivery, see [[line and length]]
* [[Offensive line]] or [[defensive line]] in American football
* [[Line (racing)]], in auto racing, a path taken through a corner
* In kiting: [[Kite line]]
===In the arts===
*[[Line (play)|''Line'' (play)]], a long-running play written by [[Israel Horovitz]]
*[[Lines (Emily Brontë poem)]], written in December 1837
*"Lines", abbreviation for "[[Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798]]," a poem by William Wordsworth
===The abbreviation LINE===
* [[Marine Corps LINE combat system]], a martial arts system
* LINEs, a type of [[retrotransposon]] in the human genome
==See also==
*[[Division of Lyne]], Australian electorial district
*[[Lyne (surname)]]
*[[Lyne]], Denmark (town)
*[[Liner]] (disambiguation)
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