aline
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From a- + lineCategory:English terms prefixed with a-#LINE, possibly from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ALINECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ALINE alinen (“copulate”), Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#ALINE aligner.
Verb
aline (third-person singular simple present alines, present participle alining, simple past and past participle alined)Category:English lemmas#ALINECategory:English verbs#ALINECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALINECategory:Pages with entries#ALINECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALINE
- (USCategory:American English#ALINE, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#ALINE, datedCategory:English dated terms#ALINE) Alternative form of align.
- 1963, US National Bureau of Standards, (Please provide the book title or journal name), digitized edition (Science), US Govt. Printing Office, published 2005, page 69:
- Nuclear Orientation. Studies made of the photoneutron cross section in the region of the giant resonance, using an alined holmium target, directly confirmed the theory that this cross section is associated with the two axes of the deformed nucleus.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
- 1975, Royal Society, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Mathematics), Royal Society of London, page 167:
- Field-alined electron intensities were not found in the low-altitude signature of the plasma sheet.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
- 1977, Joint Publications Research Service, Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa, page 34:
- The first item to be studied is the present status of the technical development of radio and television in the non-alined countries.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ALINECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ALINE aline (“in line”).
Adverb
aline (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#ALINECategory:English adverbs#ALINECategory:English uncomparable adverbs#ALINECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ALINECategory:Pages with entries#ALINECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALINE
- In line.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI - Part II:
- Nay looke you, I know twas true, For his father built a chimney in my fathers house, And the brickes are aline at this day to testifie.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
- 1906, The Brickbuilder - Volume 15, page 169:
- The small stable with its accommodations for a horse and cow and two carriages is placed aline with the house.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
- 1938, The China Journal - Volume 28, page 264:
- The two main masts are aline amidships, while the two mizzen masts are astern and placed in line with the rudder post.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
- 2007, Anita Banerjee & B.K.Chakravarti, House-Keeping Management In Hotels , page 18:
- dressing all aline.Category:English terms with quotations#ALINE
Derived terms
Anagrams
Category:English ergative verbs#ALINEMiddle English
Etymology
a- + lineCategory:Middle English terms prefixed with a-#LINE.
Pronunciation
Adverb
alineCategory:Middle English lemmas#ALINECategory:Middle English adverbs#ALINECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#ALINECategory:Pages with entries#ALINECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALINE
- In (a straight) line.
- c. 1400, Chaucer
- Drawe a strike euene a lyne fro the pyn vnto the myddel pricke.
- Draw a strike even aline from the pin unto the middle prick.
- c. 1400, Chaucer
References
- “alīne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
alineCategory:Romanian non-lemma forms#ALINECategory:Romanian verb forms#ALINECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ALINECategory:Pages with entries#ALINECategory:Pages with 3 entries#ALINE