mainline

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Normal, principal or standard.
2. sıfat Not fundamentalist, charismatic or evangelical.

   “At a time when mainline denominations are engaged in massive closures of small rural churches, independent charismatics are strategically helping to rechurch rural Canada.”

3. sıfat Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
4. sıfat Of or pertaining to a surface-level heavy rail system as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
5. sıfat Of or pertaining to national or long-distance rail network operators as opposed to urban and suburban operators.

   “Merseyrail and mainline services affected by downpour with more heavy rain forecast”

6. sıfat Pertaining to a direct route between two major ports.
7. sıfat Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").

   “After 3 e5 the Czech Benoni Defense is created. Unlike the mainline 3 e6, which aims for tactical counterplay in the center, Black aims for solidity there. He will choose later what flank to attack on.”

8. fiil To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.

   “The patient skinpopped for 1½ years and then started to mainline heroin.”

9. fiil To consume voraciously.

   “Last month, she lamented that her busy campaign schedule had kept her from mainlining Amazon’s new “Rings of Power” series.”

10. fiil To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
11. fiil To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
12. isim An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
13. isim The principal route or line of a railway.
14. isim In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
15. isim The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.

    “Many plumbers will tell you they don't go off property since that is the local water company's responsibility. Most local water companies would prefer that, if a line is snaked, it is snaked all the way to the mainline connection.”

16. isim A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.

    “I'm searching for my mainline / I said I couldn't hit it sideways”

17. isim The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
18. isim Alternative form of main line.

    “8. ...Qe7! is the mainline and Black unpins with Nc6-d8-e6 […]”

19. isim The general population of a prison.