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A jagged or looped line marking omitted length.
Also known as: Broken line symbol, Omission line symbol
On a technical drawing a break line marks that part of an element has been omitted, letting a long member be drawn short without implying it is short.
Marks that a length of the element has been omitted from the drawing.
Contexts: Technical drawing
Lets a drawing keep a usable scale on a long element, and warns a reader not to measure across the break.
Contexts: Technical drawing
A line interrupted by a sharp zigzag or a small loop, drawn across the element at the point of omission.