WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
in-line
(in′līn′, in′līn′),USA pronunciation adj.
in•line (in′līn′),USA pronunciation n. [Print.]
- Automotive(of an internal-combustion engine) having the cylinders ranged side by side in one or more rows along the crankshaft.
- 1925–30
in•line (in′līn′),USA pronunciation n. [Print.]
- Printingan ornamented type with a line of white or of a contrasting color running just inside the edge and following the contour of each letter.
- in + line1 1920–25
'in-line' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ben Day process
- English cross bond
- I formation
- Rollerblade
- Stuka
- align
- anent
- barrel roll
- beat
- blading
- bread line
- buck
- column
- conjunction
- cover
- damselfly
- deck
- direction
- double star
- draw out
- dress
- drift
- drop
- eighth
- en prise
- evolution
- fantail goldfish
- feather
- hassle
- hundredth
- in-line skate
- irk
- kicker
- line
- line drawing
- magnetic compass
- next
- ninth
- opposition
- play
- road-train
- second
- seventieth
- sight screen
- spitfire
- straight
- tenth
- wheel