finely-ruled

Updated: July 23, 2025

Finally, when the pictured edges were about to cease moving across the finely-ruled lines, Brandon cut down his own acceleration a trifle, and kept on decreasing it at such a rate that the heptagon still crept up, foot by foot. "Hey what's the big idea?" Stevens demanded. "Coax 'em along. If we run away from them they'll probably reverse power and go back home, won't they?

E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith - Spacehounds of IPC