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nouninkline (plural inklines)
plural inklines
- A line drawn in ink.
He imagined huge electrodes, busy pantographs skidding inklines across graphed paper, self-adjusting gears clicking into place […]
1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel1 more example
The dark grey line is typical of that produced by an impression and the pale tramlined line (running from bottom left to top right) is typical of that produced by an inkline on the paper.
2015, Michael J. Allen, Foundations of Forensic Document Analysis: Theory and Practice, page 204
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