different between tramline vs trampoline

English

Alternative forms

• tram line

Etymology

tram +? line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æmla?n/

Noun

tramline (plural tramlines)

1. (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.
2. (tennis, Britain) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
3. (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
   • 1984, Movie Maker, Volume 18, Issue 2, page 47:

     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.

Translations

Anagrams

• terminal, trailmen

English

Etymology

From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?æmp??li?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æmp?li?n/

Noun

trampoline (plural trampolines)

1. A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
2. (uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.

   Synonym: trampolining

3. (programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages

Translations

Verb

trampoline (third-person singular simple present trampolines, present participle trampolining, simple past and past participle trampolined)

1. (intransitive) To jump as if on a trampoline.
2. (transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use the looping or jumping instructions called trampolines.

   trampolined code

Derived terms

• trampoliner
• trampolinist

Further reading

• Trampoline (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trampolining on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Dutch

Alternative forms

• trampolin (obsolete)
• tremplin (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from either Italian trampolino or Spanish trampolín (itself from Italian).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?m.po??li.n?/
• Hyphenation: tram?po?li?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

trampoline m (plural trampolines)

1. A trampoline.

See also

• springplank

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trampolín or Italian trampolino. See also French tremplin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.p?.lin/

Noun

trampoline m (plural trampolines)

1. (gymnastics) trampoline
2. (programming) trampoline

Further reading

• “trampoline” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian trampolino

Noun

trampoline m (definite singular trampolinen, indefinite plural trampoliner, definite plural trampolinene)

1. a trampoline

References

• “trampoline” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian trampolino

Noun

trampoline m (definite singular trampolinen, indefinite plural trampolinar, definite plural trampolinane)

1. a trampoline

References

• “trampoline” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.