sublinearadj.
/ˌsʌbˈlɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈlɪnɪ(ə)r/ 1. Botany and Zoology. Almost linear (linear adj. 4b).
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated
ensiform?1541
acuminate1634
aculeated1657
lanceolated1752
sagittated1752
subacute1752
subulated1752
linear1753
subulate1757
spinous1758
lanceolate1760
sagittate1760
sublinear1761
obverse1776
lanced1787
long-acuminate1804
subuliform1804
lanceolar1810
acuminous1813
virgate1821
spiny1828
apiculate1830
ensate1830
aciculate1831
spiniform1833
fibriform1846
obcuneate1870
fusiform1887
1761 J. Hill Veg. Syst. II. 86 (heading) Sublinear Aster.
1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 89 Leaves sublinear.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 887 The hand of the first pair of legs is sublinear.
1888 Amer. Naturalist 22 1017 Suture sublinear above and slightly channeled below.
1926 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 45 191 It is characterized by narrower cells and by a distinct linear or sublinear arrangement of the cells in the colony.
1967 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 40 108 Eye bare, reaching to vibrissal level; cheek sublinear in profile or about one-twelfth eyelength.
2005 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 92 312/2 Plants of L[udwigia] arcuata characteristically have very narrowly elliptic to sublinear leaves.
2. Of punctuation, diacritics, etc.: placed below the line of printing or writing. Opposed to superlinear.
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society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written below the line
subscript1683
sublinear1860
subscripted1897
society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > below printed line
sublinear1860
1860 New Amer. Cycl. IX. 777/2 It is now generally believed that the sublinear vowel signs attached to the Hebrew tetragrammaton Jhvh belong to the substituted word.
1868 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 254 The strange hooks or sub-linear commas by which the Poles denote certain nasal sounds in their language.
1909 Bible in World Aug. 239/2 There are two chief systems of punctuation known, sublinear and superlinear.
1960 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Oct. 114 The letter fa is incised with a sublinear point.
2006 Classical World 99 464 Tod..rarely used sublinear dots to indicate dubious readings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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