Dictionary

in-line en · ADJ

Etymology

From in- + line.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Consisting of parts arranged in a single line.
2. (not-comparable, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; straight.
3. (not-comparable) Inserted in the flow of a text.
   • 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.
   • An in-line mathematical formula does not have to be on a line of its own.
4. (not-comparable, of source code) Of a different language than the outer enclosing code.
   • BBC BASIC allows the programmer to write in-line assembly language.
5. (not-comparable, qualifier:Cascading Style Sheets) Of a style: inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element instead of in a separate stylesheet.
   • Now the paragraph to which you applied the inline style should be light gray, as the inline CSS is overriding the embedded CSS and the linked style sheet. Any other default paragraphs should still be dark gray based on the embedded style. 2007, Simon Collison, Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional:

Forms

Deriveds

in-line expansion · in-line engine · in-line code · in-line skating

Relateds

inlining

Synonyms

in-text · aligned

Translations (11)

pl wbudowany (of a different language than the outer enclosing code) · he בתוך השורה (arranged in a single line) · fa این لاین - قرار داشتن در یک خط یا ردیف (arranged in a single line) · vi nội tuyến (inserted in a text) · pl w tekście (inserted in a text) · vi nội tuyến (of a different language than the outer enclosing code) · fi upotettu (inserted in a text) · vi nội tuyến (inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element) · fr en rang d'oignons (arranged in a single line) · pl wbudowany (inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element) · pl w rzędzie (arranged in a single line)