What does "lineal" mean?
Lineal: Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). For only you are lineal to the throne. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
- 3.In the direction of a line; of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. Lineal measure, the measure of length; -- usually written linear measure.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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