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Webster 1913 Edition
Lineation
Linˊe-a′tion
(lĭnˊē̍-ā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[L.
lineatio
the drawing of a line, fr. lineare
.] Delineation; a line or lines.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lineation
LINEA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lineation
lineation
See also: linéation
English
Noun
lineation (plural lineations)
- (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
- magnetic lineations
- (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
- 2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry, ISBN 0195138708, page 26-27:
- Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.
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