"storyline" meaning in English

See storyline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-us-storyline.ogg [US] Forms: storylines [plural]
Etymology: story + line The climate science usage is defined in the 2014 IPCC WG III AR5 report. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|story|line}} story + line, {{nbsp}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} storyline (plural storylines)
  1. (authorship) The plot of a story. Categories (topical): Narratology Translations (story plot): storielyn (Afrikaans), intrige (Afrikaans), 故事情節 (Chinese), 故事情节 (Chinese), verhaallijn [feminine] (Dutch), Handlung [feminine] (German), tāhū (Maori), tāhū o te paki (Maori), narrativa [feminine] (Spanish), línea de la narración [feminine] (Spanish), línea de la trama (Spanish), โครงเรื่อง (kroong-rʉ̂ʉang) (Thai), cốt truyện (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-storyline-en-noun-8hGqPvVg Topics: authorship, broadcasting, communications, film, journalism, literature, media, publishing, television, writing Disambiguation of 'story plot': 88 12
  2. (climate science) A narrative description of a given modeling scenario, highlighting its main characteristics and underlying technical and socioeconomic drivers.
    Sense id: en-storyline-en-noun-gcmxoDxd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Topics: climate, climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, science, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: story line

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      "sense": "story plot",
      "word": "línea de la trama"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kroong-rʉ̂ʉang",
      "sense": "story plot",
      "word": "โครงเรื่อง"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "story plot",
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