Meanings
nounline-height (plural line-heights)
plural line-heights
- mediaThe height of a line of text.
Therefore, you could give an inline nonreplaced element a line-height of 1em and still have its background overlap the content of other lines.
2006, Eric Meyer, CSS: The Definitive Guide, page 194
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