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ON-LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on-line mean?
• ON-LINE (adjective)
The adjective ON-LINE has 3 senses:
1. on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
2. connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
3. being in progress now
Familiarity information: ON-LINE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
On a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
Synonyms:
on-line; online
Context example:
on-line industries
Domain category:
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
Antonym:
off-line (not on a regular route of a transportation system)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
Synonyms:
on-line; online
Context example:
an on-line database
Similar:
connected; machine-accessible (stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Antonym:
off-line (not connected to a computer network)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being in progress now
Synonyms:
on-line; online
Context example:
on-line editorial projects
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Context examples
An automated, on-line medical record containing clinical and demographic information about a patient that is available to providers, ancillary service departments, pharmacies, and others involved in patient treatment or care.
(Electronic medical record, NCI Thesaurus)
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