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credit line

noun credit lines

A line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source. 1963, Earl Ingerson, "Geological Processes," (Review of Physical Geochemistry by F. Gordon Smith), Science, New Series, vol. 141, no. 3576, p. 146, Diagrams for ten systems not listed in the table are given, mostly without any credit line or reference in the text or in the legend.
Synonym of line of credit.
Similar: line of credit

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noun line of printed text

中文	榮譽行 /荣誉行 róngyùháng

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@misc{credit_line_2026,
  title = {credit line},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/credit%20line},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}