Hairline (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a very slender line.
  2. the lower edge of the hair, especially along the upper forehead: a hairline that slowly receded.
  3. worsted fabric woven with very fine lines or stripes.
  4. Printing.
    • a very thin line on the face of a type.
    • a style of type consisting entirely of such lines.
    • a thin rule for printing fine lines.
    • undesirable vertical lines between letters, caused by worn matrices.
adjective
  1. narrow or fine as a hair: a hairline fracture.
noun
  1. the natural margin formed by hair on the head
    • a very narrow line
    • (as modifier)
  3. printing
    • a thin stroke in a typeface
    • any typeface consisting of such strokes
    • thin lines beside a character, produced by worn or poorly cast type
  4. a rope or line of hair
Hairline (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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