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Definition of Linelike
1. Adjective. Resembling a line.
Definition of Linelike
1. Adjective. Resembling a line or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Linelike
1. resembling a line [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linelike
Literary usage of Linelike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Science Teaching: A Manual of Inductive Elementary Work for All by Edward Gardiner Howe (1894)
"Color.—Achyranthes, nasturtium, coleus, maple. Shape.—Needles : of pine, fir,
asparagus, cactus. linelike: Grass, sedge. ..."
2. A Treatise on the External, Chemical, and Physical Characters of Minerals by Robert Jameson (1816)
"... when the linelike elevations run but in one direction. a. Longitudinally streaked.
When the streaks are parallel with the length of the lateral planes. ..."
3. The Call of the Stars: A Popular Introduction to a Knowledge of the Starry Skies by John Robert Kippax (1914)
"Nearly seven hundred of the more noticeable of these mysterious linelike markings
have been catalogued, ..."
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