Inline

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An element that occurs within the flow of the text.

    "Bold and italic tags are inline elements."

Verb
  1. 1
    To optimize using in-line expansion. transitive

    "Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of in-line. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
alignedin-text

Example

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"Inline skates are like ice skates, but with wheels instead of blades."

Related phrases

inline enginein linein line expansion

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