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Throughline
(authorship) A theme that runs through the plot of a film or other dramatic work.
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(authorship) A theme that runs through the plot of a film or other dramatic work.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tracklinenoun | The line along which something was tracked |
| plotlinenoun | The basic plot of a story or group of stories. |
| lin.noun | Abbreviation of Lincolnshire or Lincoln. |
| metaplotnoun | (roleplaying games) The overarching storyline that binds together events in a role-playing game. |
| crossnoun | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. |
| linenoun | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| lineationnoun | (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem |
| crosslinenoun | A line that crosses other lines. |
| worldlinenoun | Alternative spelling of world line. [(physics) A path in spacetime, especially that traversed by an elementary particle from its creation to its destruction.] |
| leading linenoun | (nautical) An imaginary line between two objects that can be used to chart a safe course in a difficult situation. |
| trendlinenoun | Alternative spelling of trend line. [A line on a graph, drawn through points that vary widely, that shows the general trend of a real-world function; often generated using linear regression] |
| laylinenoun | In sailboat racing, an imaginary line extending from the objective (typically a racing mark) to indicate the point at which a boat should tack or jibe in order to clear the mark on the correct side. |
| lynenoun | A surname. |
| leylinenoun | Alternative spelling of ley line. [(chiefly occult) A supposed alignment of ancient sacred sites, such as megalith structures, along straight lines of mystical power.] |
| fieldlinenoun | Alternative spelling of field line. [(physics) A visual aid for visualizing vector fields; a line drawn such that the direction of its tangent at any point equals the direction of the vector at that point.] |
| line of levelsnoun | A connected series of measurements, by means of a level, along a given line, such as that of a railroad, to ascertain the profile of the ground. |
| groundlinenoun | (fishing) A weighted fishing line that lies along the floor of the body of water in which the user is fishing. |
| cutlinenoun | (journalism, broadcasting) A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title. |
| time tracknoun | Synonym of timeline (“an individual universe or reality”). |
| lineanoun | (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface. |
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