line of contact
line of contact noun: the demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
Noun
line of contact (plural lines of contact)
- The demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
- Both sides face off along a fixed 250-mile “border”, or line of contact, which snakes across Ukraine’s Donbas region.2021 December 10, Luke Harding, “‘Nobody wants to be Putin’s slave’: on the Ukraine frontline as tensions rise”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- contact line
line of contact meaning in Arabic
line of contact in Arabic
- (military) the demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent
- خَطّ اِتِّصَال ḵaṭṭ ittiṣāl, خَطّ الْاِتِّصَال ḵaṭṭ al-ittiṣāl, خَطّ تَمَاسّ ḵaṭṭ tamāss, خَطّ التَّمَاسّ ḵaṭṭ at-tamāss
Synonyms of line of contact
Forms of line of contact
| plural | lines of contact |
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Questions about line of contact
- What does line of contact mean?
- Line of contact means the demarcation between two or more given armies, whether they are allied or belligerent.
- What is line of contact in Arabic?
- Line of contact in Arabic is خَطّ اِتِّصَال (ḵaṭṭ ittiṣāl), خَطّ الْاِتِّصَال (ḵaṭṭ al-ittiṣāl), خَطّ تَمَاسّ (ḵaṭṭ tamāss). See Line of contact meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is line of contact?
- Line of contact is a noun.
- What is the plural of line of contact?
- The plural of line of contact is lines of contact.
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