waterline

See also: water line

English

Etymology

From water +‎ line.

Pronunciation

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Noun

waterline (plural waterlines)

1. (nautical) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings.
2. (aviation) A horizontal line indicating the shape of an airfoil.
3. A line showing where the water has been, usually a line separating dry land and wet areas; a watermark or tidemark.
4. (cosmetics) The inner rim of the eyelid, just behind the lash line; primarily used in reference to the application of eyeliner.

Coordinate terms

• (aviation): section, buttock line
• (nautical): Plimsoll line, load line

Derived terms

• light waterline

 

Translations

line on the hull of a ship

• Bulgarian: ватерлиния f (vaterlinija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水線 / 水线 (zh) (shuǐxiàn)

• Czech: čára ponoru f
• Dutch: waterlijn (nl) f
• Esperanto: akvolinio
• Finnish: vesilinja (fi)
• French: ligne de flottaison (fr) f
• German: Wasserlinie (de) f
• Greek: ίσαλος γραμμή f (ísalos grammí)
• Japanese: 喫水線 (ja) (kissuisen)
• Polish: linia wodna (pl) f, wodnica (pl)
• Romanian: linie de plutire (ro) f
• Russian: ватерли́ния (ru) f (vaterlínija)
• Spanish: línea de flotación (es) f

line on the land

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水線 / 水线 (zh) (shuǐxiàn), 吃水線 / 吃水线 (zh) (chīshuǐxiàn)

• Finnish: vesiraja (fi)
• German: Wasserstand (de) m

See also

• Plimsoll line