What does lineal mean?
Definitions for lineal
ˈlɪn i əllin·eal
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Princeton's WordNet
lineal, directadjective
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
"lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
linealadjective
arranged in a line
Wiktionary
linealadjective
Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, and sons, etc. as opposed to collateral.
Etymology: From linealis, from linea; see line.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
LINEALadjective
Etymology: linealis, from linea, Latin.
When any thing is mathematically demonstrated weak, it is much more mechanically weak; errors ever occurring more easily in the management of gross materials than lineal designs. Henry Wotton, Architecture.
To re-establish, de facto, the right of lineal succession to paternal government, is to put a man in possession of that government which his fathers did enjoy, and he by lineal succession had a right to. John Locke.
Peace be to France, if France in peace permit
Our just and lineal ent’rance to our own. William Shakespeare, K. John.Queen Isabel, his grandmother,
Was lineal of the lady Ermengere. William Shakespeare, Henry V.O 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. Dryden.
ChatGPT
lineal
Lineal refers to a direct line of descent or ancestry, in a direct succession from an ancestor. It describes a sequence or progression along a straight or linear path. Lineal also pertains to something that is arranged in, characterized by, or of the nature of a line.
Webster Dictionary
Linealadjective
descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant
Linealadjective
inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to)
Linealadjective
composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs
Linealadjective
in the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude
Etymology: [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. linal. See 3d Line.]
Editors Contribution
Linealnoun
Lineal is a brand of natural deodorant made without aluminum and parabens.
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Etymology: From the web
Submitted by admin_12 on June 27, 2021
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Anagrams for lineal »
lienal
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lineal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lineal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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