ligne
Americannoun
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(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
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line.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ligne
< French: line 1
Example Sentences
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Matthieu Latrasse, un pilote de ligne actuellement premier du classement des 277 000 joueurs, demande à voler vers des destinations où se trouvent des oeuvres d’Invader.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
Hergé drew his panels in an elegant, instantly recognizable style that has been so influential, it has acquired a name: ligne claire, or clear line.
From Time • Oct. 31, 2011
Then there was the look of the movie: the challenge of turning Hergé's famous ligne claire into a three-dimensional world that actors could walk around in.
From Time • Oct. 31, 2011
Not many minutes away was a hospital—what the French call an ambulance de premiere ligne, contrived out of a factory.
From Over There War Scenes on the Western Front by Bennett, Arnold
In my opinion, you are a singer hors de ligne.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
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