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any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice" used for writing or printing bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs plane: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" tabloid: newspaper with half-size pages a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body" sail: a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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an unfolded, uncut, piece of writing material (a bifolium)
Ãâó: members.tripod.com/bibliomane/s_t.htm
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A single line used for trimming a sail to the wind.
Ãâó: collections.ic.gc.ca/vessels/terms.htm
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Term which may be applied to a single sheet, a grade of paper, or a description of paper, ie coated, uncoated, offset, letterpress, etc.
Ãâó: www.paperspecs.com/resources/glossary/s.htm
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A line attached to the clew of a sail and is used to control the sail's trim. The sheets are named after the sail, as in jib sheets and main sheet.
Ãâó: www.terrax.org/sailing/glossary/gs.aspx
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