ligne

[leen; Fr. leen-y^uh]

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noun, plural lignes

[leenz; Fr. leen-y^uh] .

(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.

line¹ (def. 44).

Origin:
< French: line¹

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ligne
noun
a linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons

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