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Meaning of "sightline" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIGHTLINE

sightline  [ˈsaɪtˌlaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIGHTLINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sightline is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SIGHTLINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sightline

Sightline

A sightline, sight line or visual axis, is a normally unobstructed line-of-sight between an intended observer and a stage, arena, or monument, for example. Sightlines are a particularly important consideration in theatre and stadium design, road junction layout and urban planning. In cities such as London, construction within sightlines is restricted to protect the key views of famous landmarks. Objects that have a direct line of sight with one another are said to be intervisible.

Definition of sightline in the English dictionary

The definition of sightline in the dictionary is an uninterrupted line of vision, as in a theatre, etc, or from a vehicle joining a road.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIGHTLINE


beltline
ˈbɛltˌlaɪn
bustline
ˈbʌstˌlaɪn
chatline
ˈtʃætˌlaɪn
coastline
ˈkəʊstˌlaɪn
contline
ˈkɒntˌlaɪn
countline
ˈkaʊntˌlaɪn
cutline
ˈkʌtˌlaɪn
dateline
ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn
flatline
ˈflætˌlaɪn
front-line
ˈfrʌntˌlaɪn
gantline
ˈɡæntˌlaɪn
girtline
ˈɡɜːtˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
potline
ˈpɒtˌlaɪn
setline
ˈsɛtˌlaɪn
shoutline
ˈʃaʊtˌlaɪn
trotline
ˈtrɒtˌlaɪn
waistline
ˈweɪstˌlaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIGHTLINE

sight-reading
sightable
sighted
sighter
sighting
sightless
sightlessly
sightlessness
sightlier
sightliest
sightliness
sightly
sights
sightsaw
sightscreen
sightsee
sightseeing
sightseen
sightseer
sightsman

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIGHTLINE

A-line
airline
aline
buntline
Caroline
deadline
decline
discipline
gasoline
headline
hold the line
in-line
line
on line
pipeline
plotline
ratline
skeleton outline
skyline
timeline

Synonyms and antonyms of sightline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sightline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIGHTLINE

Find out the translation of sightline to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sightline from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sightline» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

视线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sightline
570 millions of speakers

English

sightline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sightline
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sightline
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Sightline
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sightline
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sightline
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne de visée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sightline
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sichtlinie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

視線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sightline
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sightline
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

देखावा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sightline
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sightline
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sightline
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Sightline
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie de vizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πεδίο ορατότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sightline
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

siktlinje
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

siktelinje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sightline

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTLINE»

The term «sightline» is regularly used and occupies the 94.258 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTLINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sightline» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sightline» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sightline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIGHTLINE»

Discover the use of sightline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sightline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Trespasses: A Memoir
In this profound work, Johnson drifts gracefully back and forth between timelines and voices in a way that illustrates how her present is connected to the many pasts she chronicles.
Lacy M Johnson, 2012
2
Anthropologies: A Family Memoir
A vivid archive of memories, Beth Alvarado’s Anthropologies layers scenes, portraits, dreams, and narratives in a dynamic cross-cultural mosaic.
Beth Alvarado, 2011
3
Detailing Trauma: A Poetic Anatomy
She names each section of the book for body parts or processes, then juxtaposes the functions and failures of human anatomy with experiences in her own life and those of people she knows and loves, meticulously stitching together life’s ...
Arianne Zwartjes, 2012
4
In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau
Themes of fathers and sons layer the book, as well—the narrator as father and as son—interwoven with a call to responsible social activism with appeals to reason and emotion.
Paul Lindholdt, 2011
5
The Men in My Country
As if it—as if I—were translated, transformed, emerging now as someone new.” The Men in My Country is the story of an American woman living and loving in Japan.
Marilyn Abildskov, 2004
6
Confessions of a Left-Handed Man: An Artist's Memoir
It’s no surprise, then, that Selgin went on from these peculiar beginnings to do . . . well, nearly everything. Confessions of a Left-Handed Man is a bold, unblushing journey down roads less traveled.
Peter Selgin, 2011
7
Embalming Mom: Essays in Life
Each new danger and challenge highlight the tenacious will of the body and spirit to heal. “Ordinary life is more dangerous than war because nobody survives,” Burroway contemplates in the essay “Danger and Domesticity,” yet each of ...
Janet Burroway, 2004
8
Strapdown Inertial Navigation Technology, 2nd Edition
Target attitude Imager and tracker Field-of-view limits Sightline error angle Delay Sightline rate error Sightline rate demand Track processor Proportional + integral track control law Tracker angle Sightline attitude Sightline rate Sightline control ...
David Titterton, John L. Weston, 2004
9
Scene Design: A Guide to the Stage
Nothing below this line is masked. sightline from last row ,* of the balcony Illus. 29. VERTICAL SIGHTLINES FOR EXTERIORS. The lower edge of the teaser is the key (Point G). Sight- line 2 from a spectator in the first row (Point P) and passing ...
‎1975
10
A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting Third Edition
A dotted sightline (1) is drawn from the sightline point to the fifth black leg's offstage edge. The point where the sightline crosses the vertical 18′-0′′ leg opening line (pointed finger) marks the onstage edge of the fourth leg (2). After that leg ...
Steven Louis Shelley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIGHTLINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sightline is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New Sightline Study Makes the Case for Public Campaign …
Ansel mentioned it in Morning News yesterday, but the Sightline Institute's new study about local campaign funding is really something, so let's dig into it a little ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
2
Sightline Innovation Launches New Office in San Francisco, California
TORONTO, July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Sightline Innovation Inc., responding to the growth of its Sightline Perception Engine (SPE), is excited to announce the ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
3
Sightline and Spin Games Announce Partnership
LAS VEGAS, July 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Sightline Interactive, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sightline Payments® (Sightline), a market leading payments ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
4
Local Environmental Think Tank Sues Obama Administration over …
What would happen to the Pacific Northwest if Congress lifted the nation's 40-year-old crude oil export ban? According to the Sightline Institute, a local ... «TheStranger.com, Jun 15»
5
Sightline Institute: Pacific Northwest Could Become "Speed Bump …
... could position the PNW to become a "speed bump on a fossil-fuel highway to Asia." That line came from Eric de Place, policy director at the Sightline Institute. «TheStranger.com, Jun 15»
6
Gamblit Gaming And Sightline Interactive Announce Partnership
"We're thrilled to be working with Sightline Interactive," said Eric Meyerhofer, ... About Sightline Interactive:A wholly-owned subsidiary of Sightline Payments, ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
7
CEO of Houston-based cancer-treatment-facility developer to resign …
T.J. Farnsworth is leaving SightLine Health LLC to start his next entrepreneurial business-to-business health care venture, the company said last week, but he is ... «Houston Business Journal, Aug 14»
8
Nevada Gaming Regulators Allow Prepaid for Casino Games
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sightline Payments® and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sightline Interactive (together, “Sightline”) announced that the Nevada ... «Business Wire, Feb 14»
9
Freeman Launches New and Improved PRESENTATION …
PM 5.0 users will now have access to SIGHTLINE, a landmark iPad application that provides secure, easy access to PRESENTATION MANAGEMENT. «Business Wire, Nov 13»
10
SightLine Partners raises $107M for med-tech fund
SightLine Partners has raised $107 million for a fund that will back late-stage medical-technology companies, the firm announced Thursday. «Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Aug 13»

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