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lineal

/ˈlɪniːəl/US/ˈlɪni.əl/

lineal adjective: pertaining to lines; consisting of lines.

Adjective

lineal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to lines; consisting of lines.
  2. Relating to aspects of lineage, such as descent, succession, inheritance or consanguinity.
    • the prime and ancient right of lineal succession1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC
    • Oh that your Brows my Laurel had ſuſtain'd, / Well had I been depos'd, if You had Reign'd! / The Father had deſcended for the Son; / For only you are lineal to the Throne.1693 (first performance), John Dryden, “To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve, on His Comedy, Call’d, The Double-Dealer”, in The Double-Dealer. A Comedy, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1735, →OCLC...
  3. (uncommon) In the direction of a line; measured or ascertained by a line.
    • lineal magnitude
    Synonyms:
    linear
  4. Line-drawn; composed of lines.
    • lineal designs
  5. Sans serif.

lineal meaning in Urdu and Kannada

lineal in Urdu

آبائی, موروثی, نسبی

lineal in Kannada

ಮನೆತನದ, ಬಳಿಯ

Synonyms of lineal

Antonyms

Origin of lineal

From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear.

Words formed from lineal

Questions about lineal

What does lineal mean?
Lineal means pertaining to lines; consisting of lines.
What is lineal in Urdu?
Lineal in Urdu is آبائی, موروثی, نسبی. See Lineal meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is lineal?
Lineal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lineal?
Lineal is pronounced /ˈlɪni.əl/ (US).

Words near lineal in the dictionary

  1. lineage temples
  2. lineage zone
  3. lineaged
  4. lineages
  5. lineaging
  6. lineal
  7. linealities
  8. lineality
  9. lineall
  10. lineally
  11. lineament

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lineal (page history and authors); lineal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lineal (Kannada 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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