linealityn.
/lɪnɪˈalɪti/ The quality of being lineal; chiefly with reference to modes of writing, uniformity of direction.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > linearity > [noun]
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lineality1828
society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > uniformity of direction
lineality1881
1828–32 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lineality, the state of being in the form of a line. Am. Review.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxx. 6 The luxuriant curves departed, a compressed lineality was to be observed everywhere.
1881 I. Pitman Phonogr. Phrase Bk. 43 The principal requisites of phraseography are legibility, easy joinings, and lineality in writing.
1888 Effective Advertiser No. 42. 45 The system [Taylor's Shorthand] is laborious..but perhaps less so than the Gurney system, because of its better Lineality.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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