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Liner

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Liner or LINER may refer to:

Line drawing

  • Cat Eyeliner, line that is made in the upper part of the eyelid to emulate the shading of the cat.
  • Eye liner, a type of makeup
  • Liner, a sable brush used by coach painters
  • Liner, another name for the multiple lining tool in engraving

Linings

  • Acoustic liner, it's used to lower the noise of aircraft engines via Helmholtz resonance.
  • liner, a membrane placed at the bottom of landfills.
  • Liner, an installation of well-drilling casing that does not extend to the surface.
  • Liner, a protection measure placed inside
  • Liner (gun), the innermost tube of a large gun.

Transportation

  • Airliner, a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo
  • Ocean liner, a type of modern-day passenger ship
  • Cruise ship, also known as a cruise liner
  • Ship of the line, an archaic term, a type of warship used from the 17th century to the 19th century

Other uses

  • Liner, is an own name or surname of origin Anglo-Saxon. As an own name can be used for both sexes, feminine and masculine.
  • Liner (baseball) or "line drive", a type of baseball hit.
  • Low-ionization nuclear emission-line region (LINER), a class of galactic nuclei (also used to refer to galaxies with such nuclei)
  • Liner (band), a reincarnation of the British rock band Blackfoot Sue
  • R-29RMU2 Лайнер Liner Russian submarine launched ballistic missile, replacement of the SS-N-23A Skiff.
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