Definition:
(n) a long, narrow mark or band or a fine mark drawn on a surface; also the type of work a person is engaged in; also a series of people or things that come after each other
Parts of speech:
noun: line, lines
verb: line/lines, lining, lined
Synonyms: mark, boundary, limit, edge, borderline, demarcation, rule, bar, band, channel, dash, stripe, row, queue, outline, shape, way, method, avenue, work, interest, job, area, trade, succession, race, descend, stroke, ancestry, lineage
Collocations: horizontal line; parallel line; vertical line, continuous line; latitudinal lines; line of latitude; line of longitude; end of line; direct line; straight line; a line of argument; a line of evidence
Examples of Simple Sentences:
Latitude and longitude are imaginary lines.
The primary line of latitude is around the Earth’s horizontal centre, called the Equator.
Latitudinal lines run from east to west, but they measure the distance north or south of the Equator. A latitude location is given as __ degrees north or __ degrees south.
The horizontal mapping lines on Earth, called also parallels of latitude, help us understand the weather and ocean currents.
The primary line of longitude, called the Prime Meridian, runs vertically north-south through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, England.
Longitudinal lines measure how far a location is east or west of the Prime Meridian. A longitude location is given as __ degrees east or __ degrees west.
We see this line, the Prime Meridian, as the vertical starting point for longitude. It is numbered 0 degrees longitude.
The line directly opposite of the Prime Meridian, a 180 degrees vertical line, is called the International Date Line.
