Linie

Definitions of Linie
  1. noun
    a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
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    Gerade, gerade Linie
    a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
    Wellenlinie
    an undulating curve
    Tangente
    a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
    Vektor
    a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
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    Figur, Form, Gestalt
    the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
  2. noun
    a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
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    Horizont
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
    Äquator
    an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles
    Marschrichtung
    the route along which a column advances
    Orbit
    the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
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    Ort, Stelle, Stätte
    a point or extent in space
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