monoline

  1. Noun.  (business) A company operating in only one industry or line of business; often specifically a bank specializing in credit card issuance.
  2. Noun.  (finance) An insurer specialized in insuring investment-grade securities against loss.
  3. Noun.  (context, calligraphy) A font line of consistent width, as occurs when imitating pencil script.
  4. Noun.  (context, aquaculture) A length of monofilament line, used for culturing forms of seaweed.
  5. Noun.  (printing, dated) A type of composing machine in which each line of type is cast as a single slug.
  6. Noun.  (spectroscopy) A single spectrum line.

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