"lineal" meaning in English

See lineal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪni.əl/ [General-American], /ˈlɪniːəl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lineal.wav
Etymology: From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|lineal}} Old French lineal, {{uder|en|la|līneālis}} Latin līneālis, {{compound|la|līnea|-ālis|nocat=1|pos2=adjective-forming suffix|t1=a line}} līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix), {{surf|en|line|-al}} By surface analysis, line + -al, {{doublet|en|linear}} Doublet of linear Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lineal (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to a line. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lineal-en-adj-7eUyoMHZ
  2. Composed of lines; delineated. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lineal-en-adj-aT6M348t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 26 10 28 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 25 12 28 17 18
  3. In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear. Tags: not-comparable Coordinate_terms (of a line): areal, spacial, spatial
    Sense id: en-lineal-en-adj-vr0jxrHk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 26 10 28 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 25 12 28 17 18 Disambiguation of 'of a line': 20 5 75 0 0 0
  4. Having the quality of proceeding, either physically or conceptually, according to a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lineal-en-adj-Y4pcnv95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 26 10 28 18 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 0 23 11 36 16 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 0 22 12 34 15 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 23 13 31 16 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 25 12 28 17 18
  5. (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. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lineal-en-adj-N5O1x1Pa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 26 10 28 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 25 12 28 17 18
  6. (anthropological, sociological, legal): Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lineal-en-adj-xqlQUSst Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 26 10 28 18 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 25 12 28 17 18 Topics: law, legal
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lineality, lineally, matrilineal, patrilineal, polylineal Related terms: line, linear, lineage

Alternative forms

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