(linguistics) Synonym of historical linguistics

(linguistics) The scientific study of language change.

(linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.

(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.

(nautical) a passenger ship

(nautical) a narrow-beam passenger ship designed for high speed trans-oceanic travel

(nautical) Synonym of cruise ship

(US) A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 meters or longer in length, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to provide control while longeing.

plural of desire line

(rail transport) a stretch of railway track that does not have any junctions, crossovers or points on it.