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lin.

lin. is the abbreviation of line.

Meaning of line

Noun

line (plural lines)

  1. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
    • The arrow descended in a curved line.
    1. An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
    2. (informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
    3. An edge of a graph.
    4. A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
    5. ('the line' or 'equinoctial line') The equator.

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Proper noun capitalized: Lin.

Lin.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Lincolnshire or Lincoln.

Questions about lin.

What is lin. the abbreviation of?
Lin. is the abbreviation of line.
What part of speech is lin.?
Lin. is a proper noun.

Words near lin. in the dictionary

  1. Lin-Kernighan heuristic
  2. lin-log
  3. Lin-t'ung
  4. Lin-ts'ang
  5. Lin-ying
  6. lin.
  7. Lina
  8. linable
  9. linac
  10. linaceous
  11. linaclotide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lin. (page history and authors); Lin. (page history and authors); line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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