FIELD LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field line mean? 

• FIELD LINE (noun)
  The noun FIELD LINE has 1 sense:

1. an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point

  Familiarity information: FIELD LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIELD LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

field line; line of force

Hypernyms ("field line" is a kind of...):

line (a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "field line"):

electrical line of force (a line of force in an electrical field)

magnetic line of force (a line of force in a magnetic field)