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plumb_line

plumb line

See also: plumbline

English

Noun

plumb line

plumb line ‎(plural plumb lines)

A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line; a plummet.
Any vertical reference line.

Translations

cord with a weight attached

Czech: olovnice (cs) f
Finnish: luotilanka (fi)
French: fil à plomb (fr)
German: Lot (de) n, Senkblei n
Greek: αλφάδι (el) n ‎(alfádi)

Norwegian: lodd (no)
Polish: pion (pl) m
Russian: отве́с (ru) m ‎(otvés)
Serbo-Croatian: visak (sh) m
Spanish: plomada (es) f
Swedish: lod (sv) n, lodlina c

See also

plumb bob
plumb line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia