Line most often refers to: *

Line (geometry) In geometry, a line is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature. Thus, lines are one-dimensional objects, though they may exist in two, three, or higher dimension spaces. The word ''line'' may also refer to a line segment ...

, object with zero thickness and curvature that stretches to infinity * Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Lines'' (film), a 2016 Greek film * ''The Line'' (2017 film) * ''The Line'' (2009 film) * ''The Line'', a 2009 independent film by

Nancy Schwartzman Nancy Schwartzman is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a member of the Directors Guild of America. She is the director and producer of ''Victim/Suspect'', premiering in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2023. Inv ...

Podcasts

* ''The Line'' (podcast), 2021 by Dan Taberski

Literature

* Line (comics), a term to describe a subset of comic book series by a publisher * ''Line'' (play), by Israel Horovitz, 1967 * Line (poetry), the fundamental unit of poetic composition * "Lines" (poem), an 1837 poem by Emily Brontë * ''The Line'' (memoir), by Arch and Martin Flanagan * ''The Line'' (play), by Timberlake Wertenbaker, 2009

Music

Albums

* ''Lines'' (The Walker Brothers album), 1976 * ''Lines'' (Pandelis Karayorgis album), 1995 * ''Lines'' (Unthanks album), 2018

Songs

* "Line" (song), 2017 single by Triana Park * "Lines" (song), 1976 single by The Walker Brothers * "The Line" (Foo Fighters song), 2017 * "The Line" (Lisa Stansfield song), 1997 * "The Line" (Raye song), 2017 * "Line", 2018 song by The Story So Far from '' Proper Dose'' * "LINE", 2015 single by Sukima Switch * "The Line", 2010 single by Battles * "The Line", 2000 song by Sadist from ''

Lego Lego ( , ; stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of variously colored interlocking ...

'' * "The Line", 1995 song by Bruce Springsteen from '' The Ghost of Tom Joad''

Other uses in music

* Line (melody), a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity * Line (music) or part, a strand or melody of music played by an individual instrument or voice

Television

* ''The Line'' (game show), a 2014 American game show * ''The Line'' (TV series), a Canadian television series * "The Line" (''Heroes''), a 2007 episode of the American television series ''Heroes'' * ''The Line'', a 2021 documentary series directed by

Jeff Zimbalist Jeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist (born 1978) is an American filmmaker. He has been Academy Award shortlisted, has won a Peabody, a DuPont, and 3 Emmy Awards, with 13 Emmy nominations. He is the owner of film and television production company All ...

and Doug Shultz

Business

* Below the line, an advertising term * Bottom line, or profit line, net profit * Line function, primary business activity that negatively affects income if interrupted * Line item, an accounting term *

Line of business Line of business (LOB) is a general term which refers to a product or a set of related products that serve a particular customer transaction or business need. In some industry sectors, like insurance, "line of business" also has a regulatory and ac ...

, a product or set of related products * Poverty line, an economics term * Product lining, offering several related products for sale individually

Computing and telecommunications

Line (electrical engineering) An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical components (e.g., batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches, transistors) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of electrical elements (e.g., voltage sources, c ...

, any circuit or loop of an electrical system ** Line level, a common standard for audio signals ** Transmission line, a specialized structure designed to carry alternating current of radio frequency * Line (text file), a row of characters as a unit of organization within text files * Line (video), a measure of video display resolution or image resolution * Line Corporation, a Tokyo-based technology company ** Line (software), a social messaging application operated by Line Corporation

Mathematics and geometry

* Line (unit), an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch

Military

Land warfare

* Line (formation), standard tactical formation of forces *

Line infantry Line infantry was the type of infantry that composed the basis of European land armies from the late 17th century to the mid-19th century. Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Adolphus are generally regarded as its pioneers, while Turenne and Monte ...

, line formation of infantrymen who were part of the "Line Regiments" * 'Lines' is another word for fortifications

Sea warfare

* Line of battle, in naval warfare, a line of warships * Line officer, (naval) officer qualified to command a vessel

People

* Line (given name), a Scandinavian female given name *

Line (singer) Line Dissing Karred Larsen (born 1 November 1996, in Skagen) known as Line (pronounced ''lee-neh'' in Danish), is a Danish singer. She took part in X Factor (Denmark season 5), season 5 of the Danish ''X Factor (Denmark), X Factor'' and became one ...

(born 1996), a Danish singer and finalist in the Danish ''X Factor'' * Lines (surname) * The Lines family of Birmingham, England, including: ** Samuel Lines (1778–1863) and his sons *** Samuel Rostill Lines (1804–1833) *** Frederick Thomas Lines (1808–1898) *** Henry Harris Lines (1800 or 1801–1889)

Places

Linesøya Linesøya is an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies about off the coast of the mainland of Åfjord, and southwest of the island of Stokkøya. The island also lies about north of the smaller island of ...

, Norway, an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway * The Line, Saudi Arabia, a planned city in Saudi Arabia *

Line Islands The Line Islands, Teraina Islands or Equatorial Islands (in Gilbertese, ''Aono Raina'') are a chain of 11 atolls (with partly or fully enclosed lagoons) and coral islands (with a surrounding reef) in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawa ...

, an island group in the central Pacific * The Line (sculpture trail), based on the Greenwich Meridian, in South East and East London

Science

* Fault line, a geological term * Inbred line, either of: ** Inbred strain or linear organisms, model organisms that are nearly genetically identical and are used in laboratories ** Products of line breeding, a technique in animal and plant agriculture and horticulture *

Lineage (evolution) An evolutionary lineage is a temporal series of populations, organisms, cells, or genes connected by a continuous line of descent from ancestor to descendant.The Oxford English Dictionary defines biological lineage as "a sequence of species each of ...

, a sequence of species that form a line of descent * Long interspersed nuclear element, or LINE, a DNA sequence of two non-overlapping reading frames, accounting for 21% of human DNA * Maxwell (unit), the unit of magnetic flux, formerly called line

Sports

Flexible ligatures

* Fishing line, used (or intended) for angling * Kite line, cord for kite flying

Competitive sports

* Line (ice hockey), group of forwards that play in a group, or "shift", during a game * Line and length, direction, and distance, to first bounce on the pitch, in delivery in cricket * Line of scrimmage, in American and Canadian football * Racing line, in auto racing, path taken through a corner

Transport

* Airline, a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight * Log-line, in nautical usage, a piece of rope which has been assigned a function * Shipping line, a company engaged in sea transport * Railway line, a railway route or service * Waterline, the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water

Other uses

* ''The Line'', a website and social media campaign promoting respectful relationships, run by Our Watch in Australia * LINE (combat system), a martial arts system * Line (graphics), a narrow field between two points * Line (heraldry), used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry * Queue area, known in American English as a place to stand "in line" * Writing lines, a form of school punishment