Redline

Quick meaning: Redline is a noun meaning A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.

Meaning

A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.

More Meanings

1. The maximum speed, temperature, pressure, etc., at which a device (such as the engine in a car, aircraft, etc.) is designed to operate.
2. To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
3. To operate a device at one or more redlines.
4. (audio engineering) To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).
5. (Canada, US, urban studies) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.

Example Sentences

Already ‘redlined’ by profit-hungry telcos, the inhabitants of poor inner city areas can be shut out of the new on-line services through lack of money.

Word Forms

• redlines
• redlining
• redlined

Antonyms for redline

Common opposites include greenline.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include blackline, blueline, crayon, drawover, errata, deadline.

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