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Line FeednounMWEthe operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next lineverified
Line JudgenounMWEfootball official who assists the referee by keeping track of the official time during the gameverified
Line ManagementnounMWEadministration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's outputverified
Line of BattlenounMWEa line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attackverified
Line of BusinessnounMWE“Lines of business” or “areas of operation” describe the purpose of government in functional terms or describe the support functions that the government must conduct in order to effectively deliver services to citizens. Lines of business relating to the purpose of government and the mechanisms the government uses to achieve its purposes tend to be mission-based. Lines of business relating to support functions and resource management functions that are necessary to conduct government operations tend to be common to most agencies. The recommended information types provided in NIST SP 800-60 are established from the “business areas” and “lines of business” from OMB’s Business Reference Model (BRM) section of Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Consolidated Reference Model Document Version 2.3Organization
Line of DefencenounMWEdefensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attackverified
Line of DefensenounMWEdefensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attackverified
Line of DescentnounMWEthe kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitorsverified
Line of LongitudenounMWEan imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equatorverified
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
Lineagenouna rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submittedverified
Lineamentnouna characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of somethingverified
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.Artifact
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
Linebackernoun(American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmageverified
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
Linemannounin American football, the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmageverified
Linernouna large commercial ship (especially one that carries passengers on a regular schedule)verified
Liner TrainnounMWEa long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goodsverified
Linesmannounofficial (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)verified
Lingnounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthverified
Lingberrynounlow evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berriesverified
Lingenberrynounlow evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berriesverified
Lingonberrynounlow evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berriesverified
Linguanouna mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavityverified
Lingual ArterynounMWEan artery originating from the external carotid artery and supplying the under side of the tongueverified