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Dispose of a line of 2 (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

binary

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'2' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'dispose of a line' is the wordplay.
'dispose of' becomes 'bin'.
'line' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'bin'+'a'+'ry'='BINARY'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for binary that I've seen before include "Using the digits 0 and 1" , "A system of two stars" , "Of a system using 2 rather than 10 as its base" , "Two-star system" , "Base-2 system" .)

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