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English
Etymology
From multi- + lineal.
Adjective
multilineal (comparative more multilineal, superlative most multilineal)
- Having many lines, for example lines of descent
multilineal evolution
multilineal kinship
multilineal sequence
1773, George Steevens, The Plays of Shakespeare with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators:This Map is multilineal in the extreme, and is the first in which the Eastern Islands are included
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Spanish
Adjective
multilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural multilineales)
- multilineal