lineal.
Pertaining to lines; consisting of lines.
Meaning & usage
Pertaining to lines; consisting of lines.
Relating to aspects of lineage, such as descent, succession, inheritance or consanguinity.
In the direction of a line; measured or ascertained by a line.
lineal magnitude
Line-drawn; composed of lines.
lineal designs
Sans serif.
Where this word comes from
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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