LINEAL
\lˈɪni͡əl], \lˈɪniəl], \l_ˈɪ_n_iə_l]\
Definitions of LINEAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
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Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
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In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
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Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; - opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
By Oddity Software
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Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
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Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
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In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
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Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; - opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Of or belonging to a line: composed of lines: in the direction of a line: descended in a direct line from an ancestor.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
