dotted line

noun

a line on a contract or similar document for a party's signature.
a line at which a sheet of paper is perforated or a piece of it is to be detached.

dotted line

a line of dots or dashes on a form or document
sign on the dotted line
sign on the dotted line to agree formally, esp by signing one's name on a document

First recorded in 1770–75

Dimly luminous trams were gliding amidst a dotted line of lamps, and two little trains crawled into Waterloo station.

The piece shown at B is to form the lower end of the spool, and is bent at right angles along the dotted line.

Then he drew a dotted line from Earth to the planet they were now on.

Point C is obtained by drawing the dotted line across where the outline curve meets the stem.

Where the dotted line from b' meets vertical line b, another dot is made, as at B, and so on until the point G is found.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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