broken line

noun

1

: a line composed of a series of dashes

often : a guide line painted in dashes on a highway to indicate a stretch on which a driver may lawfully cross the midline of the way (as in passing another vehicle)

2

: a line made up of straight lines that join a number of given points taken in some specified order

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