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English
Etymology
From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear.
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Adjective
lineal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to a line.
- Composed of lines; delineated.
lineal designs
- In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.
lineal magnitude
- Having the quality of proceeding, either physically or conceptually, according to a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
- (anthropological and sociological): Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
- (anthropological, sociological, legal): Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
1693 (first performance), John Dryden, “To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve, on His Comedy, Call’d, The Double-Dealer”, in The Double-Dealer. A Comedy, London: Jacob Tonson , published 1735, →OCLC, Act I,:Oh that your Brows my Laurel had ſuſtain'd, / Well had I been depos'd, if You had Reign'd! / The Father had deſcended for the Son; / For only you are lineal to the Throne.
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Further reading
- “lineal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lineal”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin līneālis.
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Adjective
lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineals)
- linear
- Synonym: linear
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Galician
Etymology
From Latin līneālis.
Adjective
lineal m or f (plural lineais)
- linear
- Synonym: linear
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin līneālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lineal m or f (plural lineais)
- linear
- Synonym: linear
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin līneālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lineˈal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: li‧ne‧al
Adjective
lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineales)
- linear
- Synonym: linear
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