lineal

See also: Lineal and linéal

English

Etymology

From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) +‎ -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line +‎ -al. Doublet of linear.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪni.əl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪniːəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

lineal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a line.
2. Composed of lines; delineated.

   lineal designs

3. 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

4. Having the quality of proceeding, either physically or conceptually, according to a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
5. (anthropological and sociological): Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
   • 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     the prime and ancient right of lineal succession

6. (anthropological, sociological, legal): Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
   • 1693 (first performance), John Dryden, “To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve, on His Comedy, Call’d, The Double-Dealer”, in The Double-Dealer. A Comedy, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1735, →OCLC, Act I,:

     Oh that your Brows my Laurel had ſuſtain'd, / Well had I been depos'd, if You had Reign'd! / The Father had deſcended for the Son; / For only you are lineal to the Throne.

Antonyms

• collateral

Coordinate terms

• (of a line): areal, spacial, spatial

Derived terms

• lineality
• lineally
• matrilineal
• patrilineal
• polylineal

Related terms

• line
• linear
• lineage

Further reading

• “lineal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “lineal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lienal, nillae

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līneālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [li.neˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineals)

1. linear

   Synonym: linear

Derived terms

• linealitat
• linealment

Further reading

• “lineal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lineal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “lineal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lineal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin līneālis.

Adjective

lineal m or f (plural lineais)

1. linear

   Synonym: linear

Derived terms

• linealidade

Related terms

• liña

Further reading

• “lineal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin līneālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.neˈaw/ [li.neˈaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈnjal/ [liˈnjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈnjal/ [liˈnjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈnja.li/

Adjective

lineal m or f (plural lineais)

1. linear

   Synonym: linear

Further reading

• “lineal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin līneālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lineˈal/ [li.neˈal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧al

Adjective

lineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural lineales)

1. linear

   Synonym: linear

Derived terms

• álgebra lineal
• colineal
• combinación lineal
• ecuación lineal
• independencia lineal
• linealidad
• linealmente
• transformación lineal

 

Related terms

• línea

 

Further reading

• “lineal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28