单词 | overline |
释义 | overlinen. 1. A horizontal line drawn or printed above a line of text, mathematical symbol, etc. Cf. underline n. 2a. ΚΠ 1899 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 62 693 The places of welding are indicated by under-lines and over-lines. 1913 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 44 42 The [abbreviation] mark, when occurring in the earliest papyri, is a point, sometimes an angle, sometimes an overline. 1947 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 311 The overline on 9973340 should be deleted. 2002 Canad. Chem. News (Nexis) 1 June 17 You may find that the line space starts increasing to make room for these overlines. 2. A caption set above an illustration, esp. in a newspaper or periodical. Also: a less prominent line of text set above the headline in a newspaper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading > types of heading epigraph1633 under-title1687 subhead1744 side head1822 catchword1833 side heading1836 subject line1836 subheading1842 catchline1845 subject heading1853 cut-line1883 box head1899 caption1923 overline1923 underline1924 strap1960 strap-line1960 1923 W. G. Bleyer Newspaper Writing & Editing (rev. ed.) xi. 303 Explanatory matter to be printed in type below a cut is called a caption, that to appear above the cut an overline. 1957 A. E. Rowse Slanted News iii. 67 The article was nothing more than a frontpage editorial, with little to distinguish it from a news story in appearance except extra large type and the overline at the top, ‘Editor's Report’. 1971 F. K. Baskette & J. Z. Sissors Art of Editing x. 203 Picture texts are known by many names—cutlines, captions, underlines (or overlines), legends. 1990 Washington Journalism Rev. May 48/4 Headlines do not usually have decks, but may have short overlines that create additional white space. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overlinev.1 transitive. To draw a line over or above (a piece of writing, mathematical symbol, etc.) (cf. underline v.2 1a). Also: to insert (a translation, correction, etc.) above a line of text.In quot. 1845: †to trace the lines of (a drawing) on an overlying sheet (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > punctuate [verb (transitive)] > underline, overline, etc. underline1721 understroke1732 underscore1770 underdraw1799 overline1845 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)] > insert between lines overline1845 pave1877 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > write commentary on [verb (transitive)] > gloss > interlinear interline1676 overline1845 1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Mar. 273/2 You see that the Scaup Ducks have been accurately overlined, then lifted up from the original ‘grounding’ and let down upon a new one. 1853 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ii. 14 Latin hymns over~lined with an Anglo-Saxon translation. 1879 Proc. London Math. Soc. 10 21 The terms under-lined and over-lined may both be omitted. 1944 Geogr. Rev. 34 226 Recorded maximum and minimum percentages are respectively overlined and underlined. 1988 National Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Mar. 13 Many of them [sc. trial lawyers] read only the parts that paralegals have overlined in colored ink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overlinev.2 Obsolete. transitive. To cover with a second layer of material.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > coat or cover with a layer [verb (transitive)] > with a second layer overline1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xl. 365 Rough Guernsey frock, overlined by a red flannel shirt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1899v.11845v.21853 |
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