line break

See also: linebreak

English

Alternative forms

• line-break
• linebreak

Noun

line break (plural line breaks)

1. (typography) A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line.
2. (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)

3. (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^[1]:

     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