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light line

light line noun: the waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.

Noun

light line (plural light lines)

  1. The waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.

Forms of light line

plurallight lines

Origin of light line

From light (“lacking weight”, adjective) + line (noun).

Questions about light line

What does light line mean?
Light line means the waterline at which a vessel floats when at light displacement; the light waterline.
What part of speech is light line?
Light line is a noun.
What is the plural of light line?
The plural of light line is light lines.

Words near light line in the dictionary

  1. light intensities
  2. light intensity
  3. light into
  4. light jockey
  5. light jockeys
  6. light line
  7. light lines
  8. light machine gun
  9. light machine guns
  10. light matter
  11. light meat

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