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Translate plumb line from English to Dutch

Summary

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plumb line:
- verticale lijn; loodlijn; schietlood; meetlood
Wiktionary:
- plumb line → schietlood

English

Detailed Translations for plumb line from English to Dutch

plumb line:

plumb line [the ~] nom

the plumb line (lead line; sounding line)
verticale lijn; de loodlijn
- verticale lijn [znw.] nom
- loodlijn [de ~] nom
the plumb line (plumb)
het schietlood; het meetlood
- schietlood [het ~] nom
- meetlood [het ~] nom

Translation Matrix for plumb line:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
loodlijn	lead line; plumb line; sounding line
meetlood	plumb; plumb line
schietlood	plumb; plumb line
verticale lijn	lead line; plumb line; sounding line
-	perpendicular

Synonyms for "plumb line":

perpendicular; cord

Related Definitions for "plumb line":

a cord from which a metal weight is suspended pointing directly to the earth's center of gravity; used to determine the vertical from a given point¹

Wiktionary Translations for plumb line:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• plumb line	→ schietlood	↔ fil à plomb — Outil formé d'une masse de plomb fixée à un fil, servant à donner la verticale

Related Translations for plumb line

line
plumb

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