dividing line
- noun
- Specialized
:
línea divisoria
Examples
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And let's draw a dividing line right here as well.
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Congress has the idea that health care reform is a political football game with two clear sides, and the public option a dividing line.
Blog text (14) -
He tore the page from the pad and made his dividing line vertical.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the application, users can drag the dividing line to adjust the size of the panels.
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The dividing line appears on the screen, clearly separating the two sections for better organization.
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To improve readability, add a dividing line between the different content areas on the webpage.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A row of words on a page, for example in an ad
9
6.8
A clear line or limit that shows the difference between things
3
3.4
A thing that keeps two areas apart, like a curtain or a mark in text
2
5.5
A line or border that shows where one area ends and another begins
2
3.1
A line that shows the edge between two areas
How Movable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a separator between panes or panels' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'divide' (to separate) and 'line' (a mark or boundary); a learner who knows both words can infer a boundary or separator. This compositional pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, so it should be immediately comprehensible to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Dividing line in computer screens comes from the same picture: a thin, visible line between two panels that you can drag to change their size. That's why it now means a visible 'separator' you can move to adjust parts of the screen.