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English
Etymology
From inter- + line.
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlaɪn/
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlaɪn/
Adjective
interline (not comparable)
- Between lines.
1986, Second International Conference on Simulators: 7-11 September 1986, IEEE, page 145:Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
- (transport) Between (or with) two airlines.
American Airlines and British Airways have an interline agreement to handle each other's baggage and to accept each other's tickets.
I had an interline connection from Delta to AA in Dallas/Ft. Worth.
See also
Verb
interline (third-person singular simple present interlines, present participle interlining, simple past and past participle interlined)
- To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for addition or correction.
to interline a page or a book
1733, [Jonathan Swift], On Poetry: A Rapsody, Dublin, London: nd sold by J. Huggonson, , →OCLC, pages 7–8, lines 85–90:Then riſing with Aurora’s Light, / The Muse invok’d, ſit down to write; / Blot out, correct, inſert, refine, / Enlarge, diminiſh, interline; / Be mindful, when Invention fails, / To ſcratch your Head, and bite your Nails.
- To arrange in alternate lines.
1693, [John Locke], “§159”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: A and J Churchill, , →OCLC, page 199:When by this way of interlining Latin and Englisſh one with another, he has got a moderate Knowledge of the Latin Tongue, he may then be advanc'd a little farther to the reading of ſome other eaſie Latin Book, […]
- To imprint or mark with lines.
c. 1600 (date written; first published 1657), attributed to Thomas Dekker, John Day, William Houghton, Lust’s Dominion: Or, The Lascivious Queen. A Tragedie, London: J. Chappell, Jun. , published 1818, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3:For each contracted frown, / A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow: / Spend but one hour in frowns, and I shall look / Like to a beldam of one hundred years.
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Latin
Verb
interline
- second-person singular present active imperative of interlinō