inline

[ in-lahyn ]

nounPrinting.
  1. an ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.

Origin of inline

1
First recorded in 1920–25; in + line1

Other definitions for in-line (2 of 2)

in-line
[ in-lahyn, in-lahyn ]

adjective
  1. (of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.

Origin of in-line

2
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use inline in a sentence

  • Some in-line paragraph headings are in boldface and some are in italics; this emphasis has been retained.

    Evolution | Joseph Le Conte
  • The original text does not include in-line translations of the calligraphy that opens and closes each chapter.

    The Life of Mohammad | Etienne Dinet
  • When an in-line image has a thin black border, you can click on it to open the larger version.

  • To speed loading, drawings in-line with the text are at most 512 pixels wide, often less.

  • After a while, with the switch on, he bestrode the thing and started to pump it down the slight in-line toward the street.

British Dictionary definitions for in-line

in-line

adjective
  1. denoting a linked sequence of manufacturing processes

  2. denoting an internal-combustion engine having its cylinders arranged in a line

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Other Idioms and Phrases with inline

inline

Also, in line with. In conformity or agreement; within ordinary or proper limits. For example, The new policy was intended to keep prices in line with their competitors, or It's up to the supervisor to keep the nurses in line. Also see fall in line.

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