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linea

linea noun: any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

Noun

linea (plural lineas or lineae)

  1. Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
    • The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.
  2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.
    Synonyms:
    Spanish line, line

linea meaning in Tamil

linea in Tamil

காடு, தவடு, பட்டி, பட்டை

Synonyms of linea

Forms of linea

plurallineas
plurallineae
alternative formlínea

Origin of linea

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of ligne; related to line.

Questions about linea

What does linea mean?
Linea means any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
What is linea in Tamil?
Linea in Tamil is காடு, தவடு, பட்டி. See Linea meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is linea?
Linea is a noun.
What is the plural of linea?
The plural of linea is lineas.

Words near linea in the dictionary

  1. line-of-sight
  2. line-out
  3. line-outs
  4. line-up
  5. line-ups
  6. linea
  7. linea alba
  8. linea nigra
  9. lineable
  10. lineactant
  11. lineactants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linea (page history and authors); linea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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