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static line

noun

, Military.
  1. a line attached to a parachute pack and to a cable in an aircraft for the purpose of automatically opening the parachute after it is dropped.


static line

noun

  1. a line attaching the pack of a parachute to an aircraft, so that the parachute is opened when it has fallen clear of the aircraft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of static line1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

“I always take my camera with me, and I learned how to ascend a static line to be able to shoot on the side of cliffs,” she said.

The largely static lines on a map, however, can obscure the violence playing out in the pine forests and the toll that comes from the incessant hurling of ammunition at the enemy.

In a follow-up, when the twins were 44, the twin who received treatments did not have static lines at rest; her sister did.

I called him on a fuzzy static line with a strange echo in the background and told him our very wanted baby-boy-to-be didn't have a heartbeat anymore.

From Salon

The Guard’s job on June 1 was not to clear protesters, Major DeMarco will say, according to the text, but to “hold a static line,” establishing a new security perimeter around the White House.

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