ligne
[ leen; French leen-yuh ]
/ lin; French ˈlin yə /
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noun, plural lignes [leenz; French leen-yuh] /linz; French ˈlin yə/.
(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.
Nearby words
lighttight, lightweight, lightwood, lign-, lignaloes, ligne, ligneous, lignes, ligni-, lignicolous, ligniform
Origin of ligne
< French: line1
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Examples from the Web for ligne
Instead of coming out of it above and behind the German, when I pulled up in ligne de vol I was under him!
High Adventure|James Norman HallNear Ath is the fine castle of Beloeil, the ancient seat of the princely family of Ligne.
Made one last effort and came out in ligne de vol, as nearly as I could judge, about one hundred and fifty metres from the ground.
High Adventure|James Norman Hall