"polyline" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "poly- + line",
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      "form": "polylines",
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          "ref": "2011, George Omura, chapter 19, in Mastering AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010, John Wiley & Sons, page 582",
          "text": "If you want to break a polyline into simple lines and arcs, you can use the Explode option on the Modify panel, just as you would with blocks. After a polyline is exploded, it becomes a set of individual line segments or arcs.",
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        "A continuous line composed of one or more line segments."
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          "continuous",
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          "line",
          "line"
        ],
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          "composed",
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          "segment",
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        "(mathematics, computer graphics) A continuous line composed of one or more line segments."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
          "word": "murtoviiva"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Polygonzug"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Streckenzug"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lomanaja",
          "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
          "word": "ломаная"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lomanaja linija",
          "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
          "word": "ломаная линия"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "polygontåg"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "polygonal chain"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "polyline"
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  "etymology_text": "poly- + line",
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        "natural-sciences",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
      "word": "murtoviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Polygonzug"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Streckenzug"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lomanaja",
      "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
      "word": "ломаная"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lomanaja linija",
      "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
      "word": "ломаная линия"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "continuous line composed of line segments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "polygontåg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polyline"
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