Line most often refers to: *

Line (geometry) In geometry, a straight line, usually abbreviated line, is an infinitely long object with no width, depth, or curvature, an idealization of such physical objects as a straightedge, a taut string, or a ray (optics), ray of light. Lines are spa ...

, object that has zero thickness and curvature and stretches to infinity *

Telephone line A telephone line or telephone circuit (or just line or circuit industrywide) is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system. It is designed to reproduce speech of a quality that is understandable. It is the physical wire or oth ...

, 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'' (2023 film), an American drama * ''The Line'' (2022 film), a Swiss, French, and Belgian drama * ''The Line'' (2017 film), a Slovak-Ukrainian crime film * ''The Line'' (2009 film), an American action-crime film * ''The Line'', a 2009 independent film by Nancy Schwartzman

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) A line is a unit of writing into which a poem or play is divided: literally, a single row of text. The use of a line operates on principles which are distinct from and not necessarily coincident with grammatical structures, such as the sentenc ...

, 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 ''Proper Dose'' is the fourth studio album by American pop punk band The Story So Far (band), The Story So Far. It was released on September 21, 2018, via Pure Noise Records. It is the band's last album with bassist Kelen Capener, who announced h ...

'' * "LINE", 2015 single by

Sukima Switch is a Japanese rock/jazz fusion duo consisting of core members , born May 9, 1978, and , born February 25, 1978, formed in 1999. Formerly with BMG Japan (bought by SMEJ in early 2009), they signed with Sony Music Japan's Ariola Japan label in ...

* "Lines", 2007 song by Dead Letter Circus from ''

Dead Letter Circus Dead Letter Circus were an Australian alternative rock band from Brisbane, Queensland. Their 2010 debut album '' This Is the Warning'' debuted at No. 2 on the Australian album charts and spawned a number of singles that were played heavily ...

'' * "The Line", 2010 single by Battles * "The Line", 2000 song by Sadist from ''

Lego Lego (, ; ; stylised as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. Lego consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks made of acrylonitri ...

'' * "The Line", 1995 song by Bruce Springsteen from ''

The Ghost of Tom Joad ''The Ghost of Tom Joad'' is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on November 21, 1995, by Columbia Records. His second primarily acoustic album after ''Nebraska'' (1982), ''The Ghost of Tom Joad'' r ...

'' * "The Line", a 2024 song recorded by Twenty One Pilots for ''Arcane'' season two

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" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), a 2017 episode of the British-American animated television series ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' * ''The Line'', a 2021 documentary series directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Doug Shultz

Business

* Below the line, an advertising term *

Bottom line In business and accounting, net income (also total comprehensive income, net earnings, net profit, bottom line, sales profit, or credit sales) is an entity's income minus cost of goods sold, expenses, depreciation and amortization, interest, and ...

, 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 a ...

, a product or set of related products *

Poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...

, an economics term *

Product lining In marketing jargon, product lining refers to the offering of several related products for individual sale. Unlike product bundling, where several products are combined into one group, which is then offered for sale as a units, 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, ...

, any circuit or loop of an electrical system **

Line level Line level is the specified Audio power, strength of an audio signal used to transmit analog (signal), analog sound between audio components such as compact disc, CD and Digital Versatile Disc, DVD players, television sets, audio amplifiers, and ...

, a common standard for audio signals **

Transmission line In electrical engineering, a transmission line is a specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct electromagnetic waves in a contained manner. The term applies when the conductors are long enough that the wave nature of the transmis ...

, a specialized structure designed to carry alternating current of radio frequency *

Line (text file) In computing, a line is a unit of organization for text files. A line consists of a sequence of zero or more characters, usually displayed within a single horizontal sequence. The term comes directly from physical printing, where a line of t ...

, 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 was a Japanese internet company. It was a subsidiary of Z Holdings, a joint venture between SoftBank Group and Naver Corporation. It was established in 2000 as the Japanese subsidiary of South Korean NHN Corporation's online game community si ...

, a Tokyo-based technology company **

Line (software) Line is a freeware app and service for instant messaging and Social networking service, social networking, operated by the Korean-Japanese company LY Corporation, co-owned by SoftBank Group and Naver. Line was launched in Japan in June 2011 by N ...

, a social messaging application operated by Line Corporation

Military

Land warfare

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

Line infantry Line infantry was the type of infantry that formed the bulk of most European land armies from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century. Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Adolphus are generally regarded as its pioneers, while Henri de la Tour d ...

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

fortifications A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from La ...

Sea warfare

* Line of battle, in naval warfare, a line of warships *

Line officer A line officer or officer of the line is, opposed to staff officers or reserve officers, a military officer who is eligible for command of operational, tactical or combat units. The name most likely stems from the Early modern warfare tactics ...

, (naval) officer qualified to command a vessel

People

Line (given name) Line most often refers to: * Line (geometry), object that has zero thickness and curvature and stretches to infinity * Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to: A ...

, a Scandinavian female given name * Line (singer) (born 1996), a Danish singer and finalist in the Danish ''X Factor'' * Peter Line (born 1974), American professional snowboarder, snowboard industry entrepreneur, writer, photographer and designer * Peter Line (bowls) (1930–2025), English international lawn and indoor bowler * 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

* Líně, a municipality and village in the Czech Republic * Linesøya, an island, Åfjord, Norway *

The Line, Saudi Arabia The Line (stylised THE LINE; ) is a planned smart city in Neom, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, to be housed in a single very long building—a linear settlement—that is designed to have no cars, streets or carbon emissions. The plan is for the ...

, a planned city *

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

, in the central Pacific * The Line (art trail), London

Science

Fault line In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...

, a geological term * Inbred line, either of: **

Inbred strain Inbred strains (also called inbred lines, or rarely for animals linear animals) are individuals of a particular species which are nearly identical to each other in genotype due to long inbreeding. A strain is generally defined to be inbred once it ...

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. Lineages are subsets of the evolutionary tree of life. Lineages are often determined by ...

, a sequence of species that form a line of descent *

Long interspersed nuclear element Long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs) (also known as long interspersed nucleotide elements or long interspersed elements) are a group of non-LTR (long terminal repeat) retrotransposons that are widespread in the genome of many eukaryotes. LI ...

, 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 A fishing line is any flexible, high-tensile cord used in angling to tether and pull in fish, in conjunction with at least one hook. Fishing lines are usually pulled by and stored in a reel, but can also be retrieved by hand, with a fixed att ...

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

Competitive sports

Line (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a line is a group of forwards who play in a group, or "shift", during a game. A complete forward line consists of a left wing, a centre, and a right wing, while a pair of defencemen who play together are called "partners". Typi ...

, group of forwards that play in a group, or "shift", during a game *

Line and length Line and length in cricket refers to the direction and point of bouncing on the pitch of a delivery. The two concepts are frequently discussed together. Line The line of a delivery is the direction of its trajectory measured in the horizontal pl ...

, direction, and distance, to first bounce on the pitch, in delivery in cricket *

Line of scrimmage In gridiron football, a line of scrimmage is an invisible transverse line (across the width of the field) beyond which a team cannot cross until the next play has begun. Its location is based on the spot where the ball is placed after the end ...

, in American and Canadian football * Racing line, in auto racing, path taken through a corner

Sports Betting

* Line in Spread betting, number assigned by bookmakers which handicaps one team and favors another when two teams play each other, aka the spread

Transport

Airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...

, 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 shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships. Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo: # Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that is ...

, a company engaged in sea transport * Railway line, a railway route or service *

Waterline The waterline is the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water. A waterline can also refer to any line on a ship's hull that is parallel to the water's surface when the ship is afloat in a level trimmed position. Hence, wate ...

, the line where the hull of a ship meets the surface of the water

Other uses

Line (unit) The line (abbreviated L or l or ‴ or lin.) was a small English unit of length, variously reckoned as , , , or of an inch. It was not included among the units authorized as the British Imperial system in 1824. Size The line was not recognize ...

, an obsolete unit of length equal to one-twelfth or one-tenth of an inch * ''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) The lines in heraldry used to division of the field, divide and variations of the field, vary field (heraldry), fields and Charge (heraldry), charges are by default straight, but may have many different shapes. Care must be taken to distinguish th ...

, used to divide and vary fields and charges in heraldry *

Queue area Queue areas are places in which people queue (first-come, first-served) for goods or services. Such a group of people is known as a ''queue'' (British English, British usage) or ''line'' (American English, American usage), and the people are ...

, known in American English as a place to stand "in line" *

Line dance A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of dance step, steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each ot ...

, a choreographed dance of a group of people * Writing lines, a form of school punishment