tramline
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tramline
- /ˈtɹæmlaɪn/
Where it comes from
From tram + line.
noun tramlines · tram line
- The rails that a tram runs on. Transport, motorways and tramlines / Starting and then stopping
- Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
- A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames. The tramline is therefore much less obvious on the screen. Also, if the scratch is on the base (i.e., on the back of the film), then it will not be in sharp focus.
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A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
a tramline scar
Similar: tram track
- A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing). Those words that [James] Murray classified as denizens and aliens, as well as those casuals approaching these two prior categories, were marked by two parallel lines beside the headword (||), a symbol known by the in-house term tramline. Murray himself admitted to the inherent subjectivity of his me
verb tramlines · tramlining · tramlined · tram line
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Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels.
Similar: nibble
Translations
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noun rails that trams run on
| 中文 | 電車線路 /电车线路 diànchē xiànlù |
|---|---|
| Français | ligne de tramway |
| Deutsch | Straßenbahnlinie |
| Русский | трамва́йная ли́ния tramvájnaja línija |
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title = {tramline},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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