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

There’s really no need for people to try to get in front of some imaginary line where the money’s going to be given out really quickly.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

But as she handed papers out, McKinley came toward her and said she could not cross an imaginary line he pointed out on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

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

They went along the strip, and followed its imaginary line over the park and over the chase, keeping their eyes skinned for some miraculous happening.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White