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broken line [¦brō·kən ‚līn]

(mathematics)

A line which is composed of a series of line segments lying end to end, and which does not form a continuous line.

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No references found			He called for a sally, and rushed out, revolver in hand, upon the broken line. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context It gave the low circle of hills round Gloucester Harbour, Ten Pound Island, the fish-sheds, with the broken line of house-roofs, and each spar and buoy on the water, in blinding photographs that came and went a dozen times to the minute as the "We're Here" crawled in on half-flood, and the whistling-buoy moaned and mourned behind her. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context On the side of the Green that led towards the church, the broken line of thatched cottages was continued nearly to the churchyard gate; but on the opposite northwestern side, there was nothing to obstruct the view of gently swelling meadow, and wooded valley, and dark masses of distant hill. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context			Broenner's acid Brogan, Denis William Brogger, Waldemar Christofer Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer Broglie Broglie family Broglie, Louis Victor de Broglie, Louis Victor, duc de Broglie, Louis-Victor, duke de Broglie, Maurice, duc de Broiler broiling Brokaw, Tom broken broken arch Broken Arrow broken ashlar broken belt broken bracket broken chord broken edge broken gable broken ground Broken Hill broken joints broken line broken pediment broken rangework broken stone broken stream broken water broken white broken wind broken-back transit broken-color work broken-flight stair broken-joint tile broken-pitch roof broken-scroll pediment broken-stripe veneer broker Brokerage brokered private peering broket brolga Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bromacetone bromacil bromadiolone bromate bromatium			Broken Hill Proprietary Company LTD Broken Hill Skull Broken Hill Skull Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health Broken Hill, New South Wales Broken Hill, New South Wales Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Broken Hill Broken hip broken hock broken hock broken hock Broken Home broken homes broken in broken in spirit Broken Initial Public Offering Broken Initial Public Offerings broken into broken into broken into broken into broken into Broken IPO Broken IPOs broken joints Broken Key Extractor Set broken knee broken knee broken knee Broken Knuckle Video Productions broken line Broken Linearly Tapered Slot Antenna Broken Link Broken link (Internet) Broken links Broken logic Broken logic Broken logic Broken Loop Broken Lot Broken Lot Broken Lots Broken Lots Broken Marine Platoon broken marriage Broken Meat broken mouth Broken neck Broken neck Broken neck broken new ground broken new ground broken new ground broken new ground Broken nose Broken nose Broken number Broken Object broken off broken off broken off

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