LIGNE


Meaning of LIGNE in English

/leen/ ; Fr. /leen"yeu/ , n. , pl. lignes /leenz/ ; Fr. /leen"yeu/ .

1. (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.

2. line 1 (def. 44).

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