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lininess

lininess noun: the property of resembling or consisting of lines.

Noun

lininess (uncountable)

  1. The property of resembling or consisting of lines.
    • The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess.1954, Edward Molloy, John Patrick Hawker, Television Engineers' Pocket Book, page 27
    • Among other possible measures we try a line-oriented one, "lininess", in Section 6.1995, Proceedings, Fifth International Conference on Computer Vision (June 20-23, 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts) (page 197)

Origin of lininess

From liney or liny + -ness.

Questions about lininess

What does lininess mean?
Lininess means the property of resembling or consisting of lines.
What part of speech is lininess?
Lininess is a noun.

Words near lininess in the dictionary

  1. linin
  2. linin'
  3. linin' up
  4. Lininding
  5. linine
  6. lininess
  7. lining
  8. lining in
  9. lining off
  10. lining one's pockets
  11. lining out

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