"linestring" meaning in All languages combined

See linestring on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: linestrings [plural]
Etymology: From line + string. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|line|string}} line + string Head templates: {{en-noun}} linestring (plural linestrings)
  1. (computing) A curve with linear interpolation between points, used in geographic information systems e.g. to represent streets and rivers. Categories (topical): Computing

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "line",
        "3": "string"
      },
      "expansion": "line + string",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From line + string.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linestrings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "linestring (plural linestrings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A curve with linear interpolation between points, used in geographic information systems e.g. to represent streets and rivers."
      ],
      "id": "en-linestring-en-noun-ilifei5p",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "curve",
          "curve"
        ],
        [
          "linear",
          "linear"
        ],
        [
          "interpolation",
          "interpolation"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "geographic information systems",
          "geographic information systems"
        ],
        [
          "street",
          "street"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A curve with linear interpolation between points, used in geographic information systems e.g. to represent streets and rivers."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "linestring"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "line",
        "3": "string"
      },
      "expansion": "line + string",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From line + string.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "linestrings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "linestring (plural linestrings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A curve with linear interpolation between points, used in geographic information systems e.g. to represent streets and rivers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "curve",
          "curve"
        ],
        [
          "linear",
          "linear"
        ],
        [
          "interpolation",
          "interpolation"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "geographic information systems",
          "geographic information systems"
        ],
        [
          "street",
          "street"
        ],
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A curve with linear interpolation between points, used in geographic information systems e.g. to represent streets and rivers."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "linestring"
}

Download raw JSONL data for linestring meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.