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overline
overline
English
Noun
overline (plural overlines)
- A line drawn over text or a repeating decimal, as in ΙΣ ΧΣ (Greek abbreviation of Jesus Christ).
Verb
overline (third-person singular simple present overlines, present participle overlining, simple past and past participle overlined)
- To draw a line over or above text.
Adjective
overline (not comparable)
- Passing over a railway line.
- 1967, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command (volume 39, page 51)
- The total cost of overline bridges in 1965 was £1,506,000 […]
- 1967, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command (volume 39, page 51)