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Origin of position line

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby position line

position audit, position effect, positioner, positioning, position isomer, position line, position paper, positive, positive caster, positive column, positive crankcase ventilation

How to use position line in a sentence

We therefore remained at eleven thousand feet until, at 7:20 A. M., I had definitely fixed the position line.
Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours|Arthur Whitten Brown
Such a small section of the Sumner circle is known as a "position line."
Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours|Arthur Whitten Brown