dotted line

English

Noun

dotted line (plural dotted lines)

1. A line made up of dots or dashes, often used to indicate where one is supposed to sign a contract.
   • 2024 November 22, Stephanie Hanes, Melanie Stetson Freeman, “Moody chickens? Playful bumblebees? Science decodes the rich inner lives of animals.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     To the uninitiated, this might sound absurd, with images of chickens signing above the dotted line.

Related terms

• sign on the dotted line

Translations

line made up of dots or dashes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虛線 / 虚线 (zh) (xūxiàn)

• Finnish: pisteviiva (fi), katkoviiva (only figuratively; means "dashed line")
• French: pointillé (fr) m
• German: gepunktete Linie f
• Irish: líne poncanna m
• Russian: пункти́р (ru) m (punktír), пункти́рная ли́ния f (punktírnaja línija)