Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A linear feature in rock, often structural

    magnetic lineations

  2. (countable, uncountable)The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem

More definitions
  • the act of marking or outlining with lines
  • the line that appears to bound an object

Origin

From Latin lineatio.

From Latin lineatio.

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Forms

plural: lineations
Singularlineation
Plurallineations

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the line that appears to bound an object:outline

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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