multilineal

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ lineal.

Adjective

multilineal (comparative more multilineal, superlative most multilineal)

1. Having many lines, for example lines of descent

   multilineal evolution

   multilineal kinship

   multilineal sequence

   • 1773, George Steevens, The Plays of Shakespeare with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators:

     This Map is multilineal in the extreme, and is the first in which the Eastern Islands are included

Derived terms

• multilineality
• multilineally

References

• “multilineal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Adjective

multilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural multilineales)

1. multilineal