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random line

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random line [′ran·dəm ′līn]
(engineering)
A trial surveying line that is directed as closely as circumstances permit toward a fixed terminal point that cannot be seen from the initial point. Also known as random traverse.

random line
In surveying, a trial line toward a fixed terminal point which is invisible from the initial point.


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