imaginary line
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Orbital Axis: An imaginary line defining the orientation of a planet's orbit around its star.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025
With his right index finger, Osada drew an imaginary line across his windshield.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2025
The imaginary line runs north from the U.S.-Mexico border up to Canada, dividing the wetter eastern U.S. from the drier western U.S.
From Scientific American • May 11, 2023
Before leaving the Indian subcontinent, British colonialists drew an imaginary line that led to the creation of India and Pakistan, a process that triggered massive migration and religious riots.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
This is the place, a kind of imaginary line in the ocean, where all ships going east add an extra day to that week and all ships going west drop a day.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
