Definition of lineal

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Lineal (a.) 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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Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
Interlineal :: Interlineal (a.) Alt. of Interlinea.
Millimetre :: Millimetre (n.) A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter..
Parabola :: Parabola (n.) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes..
Linear :: Linear (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In collateral relation; not lineally.
Consanguinity :: Consanguinity (n.) The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity..
Scheme :: Scheme (n.) Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
Mixtilineal :: Mixtilineal (a.) Alt. of Mixtilinea.
Pyramid :: Pyramid (n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.
Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude..
Centrolineal :: Centrolineal (a.) Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.
Lineality :: Lineality (n.) The quality of being lineal.
Covariant :: Covariant (n.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic..
Rectilineal :: Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of Rectilinea.
Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs..
Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Curvilineal :: Curvilineal (a.) Alt. of Curvilinea.
Multilineal :: Multilineal (a.) Having many lines.
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