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LINEATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of marking or outlining with lines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lineation" is a kind of...):
marking (the act of making a visible mark on a surface)
Derivation:
line (mark with lines)
line (make a mark or lines on a surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The line that appears to bound an object
Synonyms:
lineation; outline
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("lineation" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lineation"):
coastline (the outline of a coast)
profile (an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side))
silhouette (an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow))
skyline (the outline of objects seen against the sky)
Derivation:
line (mark with lines)
line (make a mark or lines on a surface)
