lineationn.
/ˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌlɪniˈeɪʃən/ 1.
a. The action or process of drawing lines or marking with lines; an instance of this; also, a contour or outline; quasi-concrete, a marking or line on the surface (e.g. of the skin).
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > contour(s)
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lineament1570
line1590
purfle1601
lineature1630
stroke1638
stell1657
outline1662
profile1664
contour1770
lineamentation1890
galbe1899
the world > life > the body > skin > mark on skin > [noun]
markOE
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areola1706
halo1706
Mongolian spot1907
triradius1960
society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing lines > [noun]
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tract1677
allineation1807
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. iii. 63 Angels kynde haue no mater noþir lineaciouns and schappe of body.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 21182 The vysage and the hand also, Vp-on wych Men may..Telle the condyciouns By dyvers lyneaciouns Wych ther be set.
a1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) xx. 189 Of lynyacion that longyth to jematrye.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxviiv Not ymagynynge in the deite ony corporall fygure or liniacyon [printed liuiacyon].
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Oo It is a..root, which by exsiccation hath contracted wrinkles and lineations.
1816 G. Colman Eccentricities Edinb. 69 Nature's lineations plainly tell There's room, and time enough, to act them well.
1892 F. Galton Finger Prints i. 5 The ridges, whose lineations appear in the finger print.
b. collective. A marking with lines; an arrangement or group of lines.
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society > communication > indication > marking > [noun] > with lines
lineationc1550
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > marks > [noun] > linear mark
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streak1837
c1550 Sympathising Lover in T. Evans Old Ballads (1784) III. xxx. 226 Her countenaunce with her lynyacion.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 101 Conchites..differing in colour, lineation and valves.
a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 32 There are in the horney Ground two white Lineations, attended with two of a pale Red.
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 392 Nothing upon it, but somewhat like a Chalice, and crooked Lineation.
1856 W. B. Carpenter Microscope §339. 596 The peculiar lineation of the surface of nacre.
1884 Geikie in Nature 13 Nov. 30/2 Striated planes..covered with a fine parallel lineation.
2. A division into lines.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > line > division into lines
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1853 Ecclesiologist 14 431 There is no authority to assume one lineation [of a hymn] rather than another.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 1/3 The large initials..disturb the lineation of the verse.
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3. Geology. A line-like or linear feature in rock, landscapes, etc.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [noun] > texture > linear structure
rodding1897
lineation1938
1938 Knopf & Ingerson Struct. Petrol. 69 An axial control of movement can be recognized in the hand specimen by a parallel linear structure, a lineation.
1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles iii. 44 The dykes are quite unfoliated at their centres, but at their margins they have a steep lineation corresponding to structures formed during a later fold episode.
1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth xx. 297/2 Axial structures such as lineations and folds.
1976 Physics Bull. Oct. 450/3 This..revealed that the anomalies are remarkably linear, the lineations extending for thousands of kilometres.
1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 25 Stress, directed pressure produced by folding and other movements in the Earth's crust, creates new fabrics such as lineation and cleavage which replace original structure like sedimentary bedding.
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