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/dˈɑtəd laɪn/ Listen

Dotted line

noun

A line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract.

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"Dotted line" Quotes from Famous Books

... needle suspended above and over the middle part of this edge, and directed by the earth (fig. 30.). On passing the upper part of the rectangle from west to east into the position represented by the dotted line, the marked pole of the magnetic needle went west; the electric current was therefore from north to south in the part of the wire passing under the needle, and from south to north in the moving or upper part of the parallelogram. On passing ...

— Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 • Michael Faraday

... "Night Extra" people paid five, ten, even fifteen cents. Rumor ran wild. Other papers, even, look the matter up as news, and commented upon the meaning of the extraordinary advertisement. This time, the red-dotted line went as far up Fifth Ave title as Fiftieth Street. ...

— Average Jones • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... neck-block, you will cut an oval, or rather egg-shaped, piece of wood, out of inch stuff, to the required size; this determines the breadth and length of the neck at the back. The head-block of Fig 26 being cut off along the dotted line D, it of course stands to reason that if the neck-board (Fig. 27) is screwed on to it along its centre, the head, if the board is placed against a wall, will now look downwards at the angle determined by the cutting ...

— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne

Words linked to "Dotted line" : line