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agate line

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agate line
n.
A measure of space, usually one column wide and 1/14 of an inch deep, used especially for classified advertisements.
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Noun1.agate line - space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertisingagate line - space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
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area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas
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How do you standardize an industry that varies its paper sizes from five column widths to eight column widths, and has everything from 174 agate lines to 305 agate lines?
Career advertising is covered with workweek by Moen, Keith / SaskBusiness
By cutting a page into nine-column agate lines, a newspaper could charge triple or quadruple the rate for an open page.
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When Robinson won his 315th game, on September 29, 1984, thereby surpassing Amos Alonzo Stagg's 314 mark, the legend and his school became more than an agate line on a number of sports pages.
Eddie Robinson: a living legend by Stockard, Bob / The Black Collegian
 
 
 
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