line break

See also: linebreak

English

Alternative forms

• line-break

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; newline, line feed.
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), 断行 (zh) (duànháng)

• Finnish: rivinvaihto (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: saut de ligne (fr) m, retour à la ligne m, retour chariot (fr) m
• Hungarian: sortörés
• Turkish: satır sonu (tr), yeni satır (tr)

Related terms

• paragraph break
• page break
• word break

Anagrams

• brake line, brakeline, re-inkable, reinkable