About The Word Lineal

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Lineal

Lineal Meaning & Definition
Lineal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lineal?

[adj] arranged in a line
[adj] in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lineal: direct | linear | matrilineal | matrilinear | one-dimensional | patrilineal | patrilinear | unilateral | unilateralist

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lineal: after | arrowlike | attendant | cadet | catenary | clannish | consecutive | dead straight | diphyletic | direct | ensuing | ethnic | even | family | flat | following | genealogical | genetic | gentile | gentilic | horizontal | in a line | junior | later | level | linear | national | ordinal | phyletic | phylogenetic | posterior | progressive | puisne | racial | rectilineal | rectilinear | right | ruler-straight | sequent | sequential | serial | seriate | smooth | straight | straight-cut | straight-front | straight-side | streamlined | subsequent | succeeding | successional | successive | totemic | tribal | true | unbending | unbent | unbowed | unbroken | uncurved | undeflected | undeviating | undistorted | uninterrupted | unswerving | unturned | upright | vertical | younger

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Lineal In Webster's Dictionary

\Lin"e*al\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*al), a. [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin['e]al. See 3d {Line}.] 1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to {collateral}; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. --Locke. 2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden. 3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. 4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. {Lineal measure}, the measure of length; -- usually written {linear measure}.

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