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Definition of Lineation
1. Noun. The line that appears to bound an object.
Generic synonyms: Bound, Boundary, Bounds
Specialized synonyms: Coastline, Silhouette, Skyline
Derivative terms: Line, Line, Outline
2. Noun. The act of marking or outlining with lines.
Definition of Lineation
1. n. Delineation; a line or lines.
Definition of Lineation
1. Noun. (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural ¹
2. Noun. (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lineation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lineation
Literary usage of Lineation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... i viot с •>« » 21 lineation, or other alteration made in any Will after the
... lineation ..."
2. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"... and therefore makes the apparent lineation of the upper half correspond with
the real lineation of the lower, by the introduction of an intermediate set ..."
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