plumb line

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English - Turkish
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English - English
A cord with a weight attached, used to produce a vertical line
Any vertical reference line
A plumb line is a piece of string with a weight attached to the end that is used to check that something such as a wall is vertical or that it slopes at the correct angle. a piece of string with a small heavy object tied to one end, used for measuring the depth of water, or for checking whether something such as a wall is built exactly upright
a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point
a true vertical reference line established using a plumb bob
A tool used to drop a perpendicular line on a wall to aid in hanging a strip of wallcovering vertically
A vertical guideline (sometimes called a level line) necessary when hanging wallpaper; a length of string is usually coated with chalk to which a weight is attached; when the string is snapped, the chalk leaves a straight line on the wall A level can also be used to achieve the same results by tracing with a pencil on the correctly positioned level
A string or cord with a weight at one end that is used to determine a vertical line
A long string weighted at one end with a metal plumb bob, used to determine true vertical lines

Related Terms

plumbline
{n} a line with a weight at the end
plumb-line
weight that determines a perpendicular line
plumbline
alternative spelling of plumb line
plumb line
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