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Meaning of "trunk line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUNK LINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUNK LINE

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Trunk line 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 TRUNK LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trunking

In telecommunications, trunking is a method for a system to provide network access to many clients by sharing a set of lines or frequencies instead of providing them individually. This is analogous to the structure of a tree with one trunk and many branches. Examples of this include telephone systems and the VHF radios commonly used by police agencies. More recently port trunking has been applied in computer networking as well. A trunk is a single transmission channel between two points, each point being either the switching center or the node.

Definition of trunk line in the English dictionary

The definition of trunk line in the dictionary is a direct link between two telephone exchanges or switchboards that are a considerable distance apart. Other definition of trunk line is the main route or routes on a railway.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUNK LINE

truncheon
truncheoner
trundle
trundle bed
trundler
trunk
trunk cabin
trunk call
trunk curl
trunk hose
trunk road
trunkfish
trunkful
trunking
trunkless
trunks
trunksleeve
trunnel
trunnion
trunnioned

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUNK LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
hotline
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of trunk line in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «trunk line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUNK LINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

干线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea troncal
570 millions of speakers

English

trunk line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रंक लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط الجذع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

магистраль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha tronco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ট্রাঙ্ক লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne de tronc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garisan batang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Amtsleitung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幹線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

트렁크 라인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garis gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường điện thoại giưa hai thành phố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்டு வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रंक ओळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gövde hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linea urbana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linia miejska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

магістраль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie trunchi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραμμή κορμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stam lyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stambanan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trunk linje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trunk line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUNK LINE»

The term «trunk line» is normally little used and occupies the 111.366 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUNK LINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «trunk line» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «trunk line» 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 trunk line

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUNK LINE»

Discover the use of trunk line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trunk line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Report on the Proposed Trunk Line of Railway from an Eastern ...
William H. Robinson. to pass up the valley of the Kennebecasis, and connect with the main trunk at the Bay of Shediac. The survey of this line, ordered by the Provincial Government, is in progress ; and from the latest information received, the ...
William H. Robinson, 1868
2
Central Trunk Line to the West
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. average grades of the former line are light, yet the maximum exceeds 80 feet ; and on the latter there is a. large amount exceeding 85 feet per mile. By the Pennsylvania line, the distance between ...
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, 1870
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Report on the Practicability of Forming the Trunk Line of ...
John H. Gandell, John Brunton. passing through Chevington Wood, leaving the Town of Felton more than two miles to the west, thence to the west of Acklington, crossing the Coquet near \Valk Mill, and leaving VVarkworth about a mile to the ...
John H. Gandell, John Brunton, 1845
4
Of Things of the Indies: Essays Old and New in Early Latin ...
wealth flowing along the trunk line, created by silver production, Europe's interest in the silver, and the local Spanish population's need for the things of Europe, was thus a powerful force for concentration, consolidation, unification.
James Lockhart, 1999
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Concessions of Busways to the Private Sector: The São Paulo ...
1 - TRUNK LINE VERSUS CONVENTIONAL BUS CORRIDORS Conventional Bus Lines Main Transfer Terminal Terminal Points Trunk-line Bus Corridor Feeder Bus Line Full replacement of former point-to-point lines by the combination of ...
Jorge Mariano Rebelo, Pedro P. Benvenuto, 1995
6
Television Engineering and Video Systems
Bridge Amplifier A branch line comes out of the main trunk line. The branch line feeds a particular neighbourhood. There is a bridge amplifier to act as a bridge between the trunk line and the branch line. It takes care of impedance mismatch ...
R G Gupta, 2005
7
Fiber Optics and Communications
INTERNATIONAL Asia-Europe Fiber Optic Cable Trunk Line Overall construction has begun on the Asia-Europe fiber optic trunk line, the longest land fiber optic cable in the world. The 21 ,000 km trunk line crossing Asia and Europe will be ...
8
International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2007: ...
2.1 Current situation of railway network At present, there are 22 railway trunk lines in China, and they can be roughly divided into the energy transportation trunk line, north and south railway trunk. East China trunk line, northwest trunk line, ...
China) International Conference on Transportation Engineering (2nd, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Xia Luo, Yanjun Qiu, Yun Pu, Qiyuan Peng, Qiyuan Peng, Kelvin C. P. Wang, 2009
9
Health and safety technical report for the Riley Ridge ...
Quasar proposes a 10-mile block spacing for its trunk line; Northwest proposes a 5-mile block spacing in rural areas and a 2.5-mile block spacing where the line passes populated areas. The modeling analysis was made as described for the ...
Ann Berman, Environmental Research & Technology, Inc, John Caban, 1983
10
Wastewater Collection System Maintenance
They have few taps and connect a series of mains to a trunk line. Collectors are usually 10- or 12-inch pipes. Collectors must be in good condition; if they failed, the whole neighborhood would be out of sewer service. Outfall sewers are the last ...
Michael J. Parcher, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUNK LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trunk line is used in the context of the following news items.
1
1913 bill created Michigan's trunkline highways
The bill creating the state trunkline highways was passed on May 13, 1913. The State Reward Trunk Line Highways Act also provided for surveying, improving ... «Detroit Free Press, May 15»
2
KiwiRail might de-electrify trunk line
KiwiRail has proposed de-electrifying the main trunk line between Te Rapa in northern Hamilton and Palmerston North, replacing the electric trains with ... «3News NZ, Apr 15»
3
National must rule out new diesel for Main Trunk Line
The National Government must rule out KiwiRail's proposal to replace electric with new diesel trains on the Main Trunk Line, the Green Party said today. KiwiRail ... «Scoop.co.nz, Apr 15»
4
Gas leak causes fire accident on Kakinada-Baruch trunk line
A major fire broke out due to gas leakage at one of the pressure control points of the 1,440-km Kakinada-Baruch trunk line, owned by Reliance Gas ... «Business Standard, Mar 15»
5
Fire inside main trunk line tunnel
The main trunk line near Wellington has re-opened to freight services after a maintenance machine caught fire in a tunnel near Kaiwharawhara earlier today. «Radio New Zealand, Jan 15»
6
Broken trunk line forces wastewater discharge in creek
Update: 5:47PM FLOODING in the recent days has severely impacted the Suva water and wastewater trunk lines belonging to the Water Authority of Fiji. «Fiji Times, Dec 14»
7
Shell sells off 4 Nigerian oil blocks, Nembe Trunk Line
The assets include oil mining leases (OML) 18, 24, 25, 29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line pipeline. Shell is selling off OML 18, together with its partners Total ... «The News, Oct 14»
8
Taumarunui: Off the main trunk line
Ever since we discovered people could pilot golf carts along disused rail lines between Stratford and Taumarunui, my son and I had been eager to give it a whirl. «New Zealand Herald, Apr 14»
9
PVR Partners, L.P. Announces Agreement To Provide Trunkline
PVR will construct a minimum 20-inch diameter trunk line with an expected minimum capacity of 450 million cubic feet per day and connections to the Texas ... «PR Newswire, Sep 13»
10
Homer natural gas trunk line energized
Enstar technician John Dombovy takes gas readings at a monitoring pipe last Friday at the end of a 17-mile section of the Anchor Point-Homer natural gas trunk ... «Homer News, Aug 13»

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