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Today I was studying my physics textbook and this sentence shows up

"....filling the tank of your car in the opening storyline with gasoline."

I can't seem to understand what it means. Google says storyline is just another word for plot line, which I am familiar with.

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The plot as the story opens.

This probably means, "Like an incident in the beginning of the plot" -- if the story is about a character going on a trip, this is something that would kick it off.

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  • Thank you so much
    – 4d_
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 14:44
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That is from a book "Physics for Scientists and Engineers", found here:
Google Books "Physics etc."

It seems that "storyline" is pedagogic device used in the book. To quote from the book,

"Each chapter in this book will begin with a paragraph related to a storyline that runs throughout the text."

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  • The complete sentence is : Matter transfer involves situations in which matter physically crosses the boundary of a system, carrying energy with it. Examples include filling the tank of your car in the opening storyline with gasoline. The book starts each chapter with a picture (relevant to the topics in that chapter) and a description of the picture, to give a rough idea of what we get to study in that chapter. This is what they call a storyline at the beginning of each chapter. I could not understand it, hence I posted it. Thanks a lot for clarifying it
    – 4d_
    Commented May 26, 2020 at 15:11

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