Types of Lines

Lines are infinitely long and thin straight geometrical object. Lines are classified in to different types based on their properties. The different types of lines are:

• Straight Line
• Vertical line
• Horizontal line
• Skew Lines
• Parallel Lines
• Perpendicular Lines
  

Vertical Line is one of the types of lines with an undefined slope. Slope of the vertical line is undefined. We can draw a graph for vertical line by plotting x=n. Here, n equals to any type of real numbers. In simple words, we can say that all points in the straight line have the same x coordinate. It is parallel to the y axis of the co-ordinate plane.

The equation of the vertical line is, x=a. Here x is any point in the line of coordinate x and a is the x - intercept.

Horizontal Line

Horizontal Line is one of the types of lines in which all points has the same y - coordinate. It is parallel to the x-axis of the plane. The slope of the horizontal line is zero.

The horizontal line equation is Y=b. Here y is any point in the line of x coordinates and b is the y - intercept. It is independent on x.

If the distance between two straight lines is same at all points, then these types of lines are said to be parallel lines. In the two dimensional Euclidean space are said to be parallel if they do not intercept the two lines.

Skew lines:

When two non parallel lines are not intersecting in a space, they are called as skew lines. These types of lines are also known as agonic lines. It exists in three or more dimensions.

Perpendicular lines:

Perpendicular lines are one of the types of lines which is formed when a horizontal and a vertical lines meet each other. In other words, when the two lines form congruent adjacent angles to each other, they are said to be perpendicular lines.