ligne
[leen;
French
leen
-y
uh
]
/lin;
French
ˈlin yə/
noun
,
plural
lignes
[leenz;
French
leen
-y
uh
]
/linz;
French
ˈlin yə/
(
Show IPA
)
1.
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
2.
line
1
(def 44).
Origin
<
French:
line
1
Examples from the web for
ligne
Recently you've begun incorporating the
ligne
claire style into your drawings.
He mastered a style of drawing called
ligne
claire or clear line: a clean, pared-down style of simple, precise lines.