lineal
English
Adjective
lineal (not comparable)
- (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren, etc., but not siblings; as opposed to collateral.
- John Locke
- the prime and ancient right of lineal succession
- John Locke
- Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
- Dryden
- for only you are lineal to the throne
- Dryden
- Composed of lines; delineated.
- lineal designs
- In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.
- lineal magnitude
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Further reading
- lineal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lineal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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