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double vertical lines

double vertical lines is the plural of double vertical line.

Meaning of double vertical line

Noun

double vertical line (plural double vertical lines)

  1. The typographical character ‖; a symbol composed of two closely spaced line-height vertical lines.
    • The whole tone unit stands between a double vertical line (double bars) ||.1998, Burkhard Dretzke, Modern British and American English Prononunciation: A Basic Textbook, page 89
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, vertical, line.
    • The ǁGana people (800 speakers—the double vertical line denotes a click sound) of Botswana have no generic word for living things, nor do they recognize a plant versus animal distinction.2007, K. David Harrison, When Languages Die:The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge, page 39

Questions about double vertical lines

What is double vertical lines the plural of?
Double vertical lines is the plural of double vertical line.

Words near double vertical lines in the dictionary

  1. double uncle
  2. double uncles
  3. double up
  4. double Us
  5. double vertical line
  6. double vertical lines
  7. double vision
  8. double wedding
  9. double weddings
  10. double whammies
  11. double whammy

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