ENGLISH DICTIONARY

In-line

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: In-line is an adjective meaning Consisting of parts arranged in a single line.

Meaning

Consisting of parts arranged in a single line.

More Meanings

  1. (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; straight.
  2. (writing) Inserted in the flow of a text.
  3. (computing, of source code) Of a different language than the outer enclosing code.
  4. (web design, Cascading Style Sheets) Of a style: inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element instead of in a separate stylesheet.

Example Sentences

BBC BASIC allows the programmer to write in-line assembly language.
An in-line mathematical formula does not have to be on a line of its own.
This is an inline (e.g. mid-sentence) template for marking up text as a Wikipedia self-reference.
Parenthetical referencing is a citation style which uses in-line citations enclosed within parentheses.

Word Forms

Synonyms for in-line

Depending on context, synonyms include aligned, in-text.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inline, on-line, line, online, favourable, favorable.

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