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名詞

up line (複数形 up lines)

1. A railway line on which trains travel towards a major terminus.
   • 1857 Alan J Day, Verena Hoffman - The Annual Register of World Events

     The down line was cleared about midnight, or nine hours after the accident, but the up line was not in a state to admit of the traffic being resumed until one o'clock on the next day.

   • 1842 Francis Whishaw - The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated

     The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.

   • 1842 Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal

     . . . the engine, which continued its course till it reached Roade, when it was crossed from the down to the upline, and returned in safety to Wolverton.

参考

• down line

アナグラム

• Lupien, line up, line-up, lineup, lupine, pinule, unpile

形容詞

up-line (not comparable)

1. Describing a higher level in a hierarchical management structure
   • 2005 Human Capital: Symposium on Designing & Managing Market-Based & More Performance-Oriented Pay

     These managers then discuss their decisions with other first-line managers and managers at the next level — the up-line managers — to ensure the assessments and justifications are consistent across groups.

参考

• down-line

アナグラム

• Lupien, line up, line-up, lineup, lupine, pinule, unpile

形容詞

upline

1. Alternative spelling of up-line

参考

• downline

アナグラム

• Lupien, line up, line-up, lineup, lupine, pinule, unpile