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Line of ScrimmagenounMWEline parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American footballverified
Line of SuccessionnounMWEthe order in which individuals are expected to succeed one another in some official positionverified
Line of ThoughtnounMWEa particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or groupverified
Line OfficernounMWEa commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer)verified
Line OrganisationnounMWEthe organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's outputverified
Line OrganizationnounMWEthe organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's outputverified
Line RoulettenounMWEa line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figureverified
Linear AcceleratornounMWEions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the pathverified
Linear AlgebranounMWEthe part of algebra that deals with the theory of linear equations and linear transformationverified
Linear ModelnounMWE(linear) An operator L^~ is said to be linear if, for every pair of functions f and g and scalar t, L^~(f+g)=L^~f+L^~g and L^~(tf)=tL^~f.verified
Linear OperatornounMWEan operator that obeys the distributive law: A(f+g) = Af + Ag (where f and g are functions)verified
Linear PerspectivenounMWEthe appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewerverified
Linear RegressionnounMWEthe relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + bverified
Linebacker BlitzingnounMWE(American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive lineverified
Lined SnakenounMWEsecretive snake of city dumps and parks as well as prairies and open woodsverified
Liner TrainnounMWEa long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goodsverified
Lingual ArterynounMWEan artery originating from the external carotid artery and supplying the under side of the tongueverified
Lingual VeinnounMWEa vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial veinverified
Linguistic CommunicationnounMWEa systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbolsverified
Linguistic CompetencenounMWE(linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance)verified
Linguistic ContextnounMWEdiscourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretationverified
Linguistic GeographynounMWEthe study of the geographical distribution of linguistic featuresverified
Linguistic PerformancenounMWE(linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situationsverified
Linguistic ProcessnounMWEthe cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communicationverified
Linguistic ProfilingnounMWEAny form of automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural personverified
Linguistic UnitnounMWEone of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzedverified
Linguistic UniversalnounMWEa grammatical rule or other linguistic feature that is found in all languagesverified
Linguistics DepartmentnounMWEthe academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguisticsverified
Link EncryptionnounMWELink encryption encrypts all of the data along a communications path (e.g., a satellite link, telephone circuit, or T1 line). Since link encryption also encrypts routing data, communications nodes need to decrypt the data to continue routing.verified
Link StatenounMWEWith link state, routes maintain information about all routers and router-to-router links within a geographic area, and creates a table of best routes with that information.verified
Linkage EditornounMWEan editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modulesverified
Linking VerbnounMWEan equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentenceverified
Linoleum CutternounMWEa knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleumverified
Linoleum KnifenounMWEa knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleumverified
Linseed OilnounMWEa drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paintsverified
Lion MarmosetnounMWEsmall South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tailverified
Lion's FootnounMWEcommon perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shapeverified
Lip ReadernounMWEsomeone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lipsverified
Lip SyncnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lip SynchnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lip SynchronisationnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lip SynchronizationnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lipid-Lowering MedicationnounMWEa medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductaseverified
Lipid-Lowering MedicinenounMWEa medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductaseverified
Liposomal Delivery VectornounMWEa transducing vector that uses liposomes to carry the gene of interestverified
Liquefied Petroleum GasnounMWEhydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressureverified