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  Lineal \Lin"e*al\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*al), a. [L. linealis belonging to
     a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin['e]al. See 3d Line.]
     1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary;
        derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a
        lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
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              The prime and ancient right of lineal succession.
                                                    --Locke.
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     2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct
        descent to succeed (to).
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              For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden.
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     3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
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     4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line;
        measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal
        magnitude.
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     Lineal measure, the measure of length; -- usually written
        linear measure.
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  Lineal \Lin"e*al\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*al), a. [L. linealis belonging to
     a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin['e]al. See 3d Line.]
     1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary;
        derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a
        lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
  
              The prime and ancient right of lineal succession.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct
        descent to succeed (to).
  
              For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden.
  
     3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
  
     4. In the direction 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.

  Measure \Meas"ure\, n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr.
     metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure,
     Gr. ?, E. meter. Cf. Immense, Mensuration, Mete to
     measure.]
     1. A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or
        extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or
        multiples of which anything is estimated and stated;
        hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged.
  
     2. An instrument by means of which size or quantity is
        measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like.
  
              False ells and measures be brought all clean adown.
                                                    --R. of
                                                    Gloucester.
  
     3. The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according
        to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated;
        estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat.
  
              The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and
              broader than the sea.                 --Job xi. 9.
  
     4. The contents of a vessel by which quantity is measured; a
        quantity determined by a standard; a stated or limited
        quantity or amount.
  
              It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in
              three measures of meal.               --Luke xiii.
                                                    21.
  
     5. Extent or degree not excessive or beyong bounds;
        moderation; due restraint; esp. in the phrases, in
        measure; with measure; without or beyond measure.
  
              Hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
              without measure.                      --Is. v. 14.
  
     6. Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted
        share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due
        proportion.
  
              Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of
              my days.                              --Ps. xxxix.
                                                    4.
  
     7. The quantity determined by measuring, especially in buying
        and selling; as, to give good or full measure.
  
     8. Undefined quantity; extent; degree.
  
              There is a great measure of discretion to be used in
              the performance of confession.        --Jer. Taylor.
  
     9. Regulated division of movement:
        (a) (Dancing) A regulated movement corresponding to the
            time in which the accompanying music is performed;
            but, especially, a slow and stately dance, like the
            minuet.
        (b) (Mus.) (1) The group or grouping of beats, caused by
            the regular recurrence of accented beats. (2) The
            space between two bars. See Beat, Triple,
            Quadruple, Sextuple, Compound time, under
            Compound, a., and Figure.
        (c) (Poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the
            quantities, or long and short syllables; meter;
            rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure.
  
     10. (Arith.) A number which is contained in a given number a
         number of times without a remainder; as in the phrases,
         the common measure, the greatest common measure, etc., of
         two or more numbers.
  
     11. A step or definite part of a progressive course or
         policy; a means to an end; an act designed for the
         accomplishment of an object; as, political measures;
         prudent measures; an inefficient measure.
  
               His majesty found what wrong measures he had taken
               in the conferring that trust, and lamented his
               error.                               --Clarendon.
  
     12. The act of measuring; measurement. --Shak.
  
     13. pl. (Geol.) Beds or strata; as, coal measures; lead
         measures.
  
     Lineal, or Long, measure, measure of length; the
        measure of lines or distances.
  
     Liquid measure, the measure of liquids.
  
     Square measure, the measure of superficial area of surfaces
        in square units, as inches, feet, miles, etc.
  
     To have hard measure, to have harsh treatment meted out to
        one; to be harshly or oppressively dealt with.
  
     To take measures, to make preparations; to provide means.
        
  
     To take one's measure, to measure one, as for a garment;
        hence, to form an opinion of one's disposition, character,
        ability, etc.
  
     To tread a measure, to dance in the style so called. See 9
         (a) .
  
                   Say to her, we have measured many miles To
                   tread a measure with her on this grass. --Shak.

  lineal
       adj 1: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
              "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct
              descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: direct]
              [ant: collateral]
       2: arranged in a line

  lineal
     Catalan a.
     linear
     Galician a.
     linear
     Spanish a.
     linear

  Lineal
     German n.
     n ruler (measuring or drawing device)

  lineal
     a.
     1 Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents,
  (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters,
  grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
     2 Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to
  succeed (''to'').
     3 Composed of lines; delineated.
     4 In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line;
  measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.

  lineal
     Catalan a.
     linear
     Galician a.
     linear
     Spanish a.
     linear

  Lineal
     German n.
     n ruler (measuring or drawing device)

  lineal
     Catalan a.
     linear
     Galician a.
     linear
     Spanish a.
     linear

  Lineal
     German n.
     n ruler (measuring or drawing device)

  lineal
     Espanja a.
     1 lineaarinen
     2 linja-
     Espanja n.
     hyllyväli (kaupassa)

  Lineal
     Saksa n.
     viivoitin

  Lineal
     Tyska n.
     linjal

  lineal /linəˈal/
  ruler, straightedge

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  лини́йка
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  χάρακας, κανόνας
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lˌiːneːˈɑːl/ 
  ruler 
     Synonym: Zeichenmaßstab
  
   see: Lineale, Zeichenmaßstäbe, Dreieckslineal
  

  Lineal /lˌiːneːˈɑːl/ 
  straightedge 
     Synonym: Abrichtlineal
  
   see: Lineale, Abrichtlineale
  

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  viivoitin, viivain
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  règle, latte
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  penggaris
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lˌiːneːˈɑːl/
  rastkêş

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  linijka
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  линейка, лине́йка
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  regla
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lineˈaːl/ 
  linjal, lineal
  Leiste (meist aus Holz oder Kunststoff bestehend), an der Längenmarkierungen markiert sind, um gerade Linien (mit bestimmten Längen) zu ziehen

  Lineal /lˌiːneːˈɑːl/ 
  cetvel

  Lineal /lˈɪniəl/
  مباشر

  lineal /lˈɪniəl/ 
  dědičný

  lineal /lˈɪniəl/
  verwandt, erblich [biologisch] , in gerader Linie
           Note: Abstammung, linear  [biol.]  [jur.]
   see: lineal relatives
  

  lineal /lˈɪniəl/ 
  1. वंशगत
        "My friend is a lineal descendant of the company's founder."

  lineal /lˈɪniəl/
  1. egyenes ágon következô
  2. egyenes ágon való
  3. egyenes vonalú
  4. egyenes ágon leszármazó
  5. egyenes ágon átszálló
  6. egyenes ági
  7. lineáris
  8. vonalas

  lineal /lˈɪniəl/
  1. doğrudan doğruya soydan olan. lineally  doğrudan doğruya (nesep veya sülâle)

  lineal /lˌineˈal/
  llineal

  lineal /lˌineˈal/
  llinial

  lineal /lˌineˈal/
  llineal

  
/ˈɫɪniəɫ/

  
/lineal/

  LINEAL. That which comes in a line. Lineal consanguinity is that which 
  subsists between persons, one of whom is descended in a direct line from the 
  other. Lineal descent, is that which takes place among lineal kindred. 
  
  

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "lineal":
     after, arrowlike, attendant, cadet, catenary, clannish,
     consecutive, dead straight, diphyletic, direct, ensuing, ethnic,
     even, family, flat, following, genealogical, genetic, gentile,
     gentilic, horizontal, in a line, junior, later, level, linear,
     national, ordinal, phyletic, phylogenetic, posterior, progressive,
     puisne, racial, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, ruler-straight,
     sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, smooth, straight,
     straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, streamlined,
     subsequent, succeeding, successional, successive, totemic, tribal,
     true, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, uncurved, undeflected,
     undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unswerving, unturned,
     upright, vertical, younger
  
  

  a. 直系的,正统的,嫡出的;

     a. 直系的,正统的,嫡出的