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111half section — The half of a section of land according to the divisions of the government survey, laid off either by a north and south or by an east and west line, and containing 320 acres …
112half measure — noun : a partial, halfhearted, or weak line of action victory is seldom won by half measures …
113half ray — noun : half line …
114half-roll — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a flight maneuver in which an airplane rolls halfway over and then flies upside down along its original line of flight II. intransitive verb of an airplane : to perform a half roll …
115half hitch — noun Date: 1769 a simple knot tied by passing the end of a line around an object, across the main part of the line, and then through the resulting loop see knot illustration …
116half line — noun Date: circa 1914 a straight line extending from a point indefinitely in one direction only …
117half blood knot — a knot used by anglers to attach swivels, hooks and lures to the main line. Coils around the main line exert pressure on it when tension is applied to the hook. Various websites have animated steps showing how to tie this knot …
118half-line — noun ray; a line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point. Syn: ray …
119line turnaround — Action required in a communications system after receiving a data block to reverse the direction of transmission so that the receiving device can send data. Line turnaround time in a half duplex system is usually much longer than in a full… …
120half-diamond indention — noun : a style of display typesetting in which succeeding lines are indented at each end, each line being shorter than the preceding line called also inverted pyramid indention …
