lineal
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
lineal
adj 1: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to
child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct
descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn:
{lineal}, {direct}] [ant: {collateral}, {indirect}]
2: arranged in a line
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lineal \Lin"e*al\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*al), a. [L. linealis belonging to
a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin['e]al. See 3d {Line}.]
1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary;
derived from ancestors; -- opposed to {collateral}; as, a
lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
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The prime and ancient right of lineal succession.
--Locke.
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2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct
descent to succeed (to).
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For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden.
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3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
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4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line;
measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal
magnitude.
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{Lineal measure}, the measure of length; -- usually written
{linear measure}.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
LINEAL. That which comes in a line. Lineal consanguinity is that which
subsists between persons, one of whom is descended in a direct line from the
other. Lineal descent, is that which takes place among lineal kindred.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "lineal":
after, arrowlike, attendant, cadet, catenary, clannish,
consecutive, dead straight, diphyletic, direct, ensuing, ethnic,
even, family, flat, following, genealogical, genetic, gentile,
gentilic, horizontal, in a line, junior, later, level, linear,
national, ordinal, phyletic, phylogenetic, posterior, progressive,
puisne, racial, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, ruler-straight,
sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, smooth, straight,
straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, streamlined,
subsequent, succeeding, successional, successive, totemic, tribal,
true, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, uncurved, undeflected,
undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unswerving, unturned,
upright, vertical, younger
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