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regel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  • measure verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
  • precept noun A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
  • rail noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.
  • rule noun An official regulation or guideline that governs behaviour or a process.

Senses

regel is used for these senses in English:

  • line (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
  • line A letter, a written form of communication.
  • line A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]
  • line A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
  • line A verse (in poetry).
  • measure The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]
  • precept A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
  • rail A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

line — full definition

  1. noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
  2. noun A row or sequence of people, things, or words, one after another.
  3. verb To arrange people or things in a row, or to form such a row.
  4. verb To cover the inside surface of something with a layer of material.
  5. noun A telephone or other communication connection.

measure — full definition

  1. verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
  2. noun A standard unit or amount used for comparison or quantity.
  3. noun An action taken to achieve a particular goal, especially in an official or legal context.

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