on line

1. See in line , def. 2.

2. Actively linked to or operating a computer, as in They haven't got the printer on line yet , or Mark's been on line all morning . [Late 1900s] Also see go on , def. 9.

Example Sentences

He angered Newcastle fans by criticising them for booing following a home defeat and spelt his name out in £20 notes and posted the photo on-line.

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The team created an on-line interactive dashboard that illustrates how the insect damage is expected to unfold in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

From Science Daily

"This is the highest transmission rate obtained so far in the world using on-line DSP."

From Science Daily

"Many, many questions in psychology are amenable to on-line testing, but there are few motor studies," said Richard Ivry, distinguished professor in psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and co-author on the study.

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"The NatHumBehav study further adds to our confidence that on-line studies can be very meaningful for studying motor control, and I know that many labs around the world have taken advantage of these tools."

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Related Words

• networked
• wired