An alliance and confederation of nine former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed as a successor to the Soviet Union.

(fine arts) An abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).

(military, weaponry) direction in which a weapon fires / (figuratively, by extension) position vulnerable to attack

(geology) A line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon

(military) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. / (naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement.

(time) fifteen minutes.

(geometry) A line joining centers of figures. / (engineering) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. / A line which determines a dead center.

(geometry) A limaçon.

(Britain) a regulatory body for a specified industry

(history) A period of time ranging from part of the 17ᵗʰ century through much of the 18ᵗʰ century, characterized particularly by the importance of logic and reason.