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product line stretching — ➔ line stretching * * * product line stretching UK US noun [U] MARKETING, COMMERCE ► PRODUCT LINE EXTENSION(Cf. ↑product line extension) … Financial and business terms
product-line stretching — Increasing the product line by lengthening it beyond its current range. Compare product line filling … Big dictionary of business and management
Line of force — A line of force in Faraday s extended sense is synonymous with Maxwell s line of induction. [ 1907 Encyclopedia Britannica, [http://books.google.com/books?id=PAgEAAAAYAAJ pg=PA64 dq=%22Line+of+force%22 as brr=3 page 64] ] According to J.J.… … Wikipedia
Stretching — Stretch Stretch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stretched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stretching}.] [OE. strecchen, AS. streccan; akin to D. strekken, G. strecken, OHG. strecchen, Sw. str[ a]cka, Dan. str[ae]kke; cf. AS. str[ae]ck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
product line extension — UK US noun (also line extension, also category extension) MARKETING, COMMERCE ► [C or U] (also product line stretching) the addition of a product or service with different features, sizes, prices, etc., to an existing range of products: »The… … Financial and business terms
product-line filling — Increasing the product line by adding more items within the existing range of products. Compare product line stretching … Big dictionary of business and management
Distant Early Warning Line — DEW redirects here. For energy emitting weapons, see Directed Energy Weapons. USAF Distant Early Warning Line and Distant Early Warning System Office Emblem … Wikipedia
Metra Electric Line — Infobox rail line name = Metra Electric Line image width = 250 px caption = A Metra Electric train pulls out of 59th Street station type = Commuter Rail system = Metra status = Operational locale = Chicago, Illinois, USA start = Millennium… … Wikipedia
Sounding line — A sounding line or lead line is a length of thin rope with a plummet, generally of lead, at its end. No matter what metal the plummet is made of, it s still referred to as the lead. In the recent past, depths were measured in fathoms, although… … Wikipedia
Siegfried Line — The original Siegfried line ( Siegfriedstellung ) was a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany as a section of the Hindenburg Line 1916 1917 in northern France during World War I. However, in English, Siegfried line more… … Wikipedia
