Ramline vs Tramline - What's the difference?
ramline | tramline |
A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stern to stern in building a vessel.
(Webster 1913) The rails that a tram runs on
(tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas
A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames
* 1984 , Movie Maker , Volume 18, Issue 2, page 47:
As nouns the difference between ramline and tramline
is that ramline is a line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stern to stern in building a vessel while tramline is the rails that a tram runs on.ramline
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(en noun)tramline
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(en noun)- The tramline is therefore much less obvious on the screen. Also, if the scratch is on the base (i.e., on the back of the film), then it will not be in sharp focus.