line break

See also: linebreak

English

Alternative forms

line-break

Noun

line break (plural line breaks)

(typography) A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line.
(computing) A character indicating that subsequent characters should appear on a separate line of text.
Coordinate terms: newline, line feed, carriage return

Related terms: page break, paragraph break, section break, word break (intersyllabic break), word break (word boundary)
(rugby) a break made through the opposition's defensive line
- 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Toby Flood replaced Wilkinson at the break and scrum-half Ben Youngs scored almost directly from the restart, spotting a gap down the short side and linking well with Tuilagi down the right flank, and nine minutes later full-back Ben Foden extended England's lead following a bullocking line-break by Tuilagi.

Translations

a point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line or the character indicating that subsequent characters should appear on a separate line of text

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斷行／断行 (zh) (duànháng)
Finnish: rivinvaihto (fi)
French: saut de ligne (fr) m, retour à la ligne m, retour chariot (fr) m
German: Zeilenumbruch (de) m, Zeilenwechsel m
Hungarian: sortörés (hu)
Turkish: satır sonu (tr), yeni satır (tr)

Anagrams

brake line, brakeline, re-inkable, reinkable

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