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inkline

inkline noun: a line drawn in ink.

Noun

inkline (plural inklines)

  1. A line drawn in ink.
    • He imagined huge electrodes, busy pantographs skidding inklines across graphed paper, self-adjusting gears clicking into place […]1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel
    • The dark grey line is typical of that produced by an impression and the pale tramlined line (running from bottom left to top right) is typical of that produced by an inkline on the paper.2015, Michael J. Allen, Foundations of Forensic Document Analysis: Theory and Practice, page 204

Forms of inkline

pluralinklines

Origin of inkline

From ink + line.

Questions about inkline

What does inkline mean?
Inkline means a line drawn in ink.
What part of speech is inkline?
Inkline is a noun.
What is the plural of inkline?
The plural of inkline is inklines.

Words near inkline in the dictionary

  1. inkles
  2. inkless
  3. inklessly
  4. inklessness
  5. inklike
  6. inkline
  7. inklines
  8. inkling
  9. inklings
  10. inkmaker
  11. inkmakers

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