tramlines

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• tramlines — ► PLURAL NOUN Brit. 1) rails for a tramcar. 2) informal a pair of parallel lines at the sides of a tennis court or at the side or back of a badminton court …   English terms dictionary

• tramlines — Twin parallel lines or bars between which an instrument needle is to be aligned. Tramlines are also guidance lines on the flight deck for a V/STOL (vertical/short takeoff and landing) aircraft proceeding on its own power. The tramlines in… …   Aviation dictionary

• tramlines — tram|lines [ˈtræmlaınz] n [plural] BrE 1.) the metal tracks in the road, used by trams 2.) informal the two parallel lines at the edge of a tennis court …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tramlines — tram|lines [ træm,laınz ] noun plural BRITISH 1. ) the metal tracks on a street that a TRAM travels along 2. ) INFORMAL the long white lines at either side of a tennis court that mark the extra playing area allowed if four people are playing …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tramlines — 1》 rails for a tramcar. → tramline …   English new terms dictionary

• tramlines — noun (plural) BrE 1 the metal tracks in the road that trams run along 2 BrE informal a pair of parallel lines at the edge of a tennis court …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tramlines — Noun. The scars created by the constant injection of illicit drugs …   English slang and colloquialisms

• tramlines — UK [ˈtræmˌlaɪnz] / US noun [plural] British 1) the metal tracks on a street that a tram travels along 2) informal the long white lines at either side of a tennis court that mark the extra playing area allowed if four people are playing …   English dictionary

• tramlines — [ˈtræmˌlaɪnz] noun [plural] British informal the long white lines at either side of a tennis court that mark the extra playing area allowed if four people are playing …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• tramlines — n.pl. 1 rails for a tramcar. 2 colloq. a either pair of two sets of long parallel lines at the sides of a lawn tennis court. b similar lines at the side or back of a badminton court. 3 inflexible principles or courses of action etc …   Useful english dictionary

• Alderson drive — The Alderson drive, named after Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Dan Alderson, is a fictional device that enables instantaneous interstellar transportation. It is featured in the CoDominium series of science fiction novels by Jerry Pournelle,… …   Wikipedia