Lineal vs. Linear

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  • Lineal (adjective)

    Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, grandparents, grandchildren, etc., but not siblings; as opposed to collateral.

  • Lineal (adjective)

    Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).

  • Lineal (adjective)

    Composed of lines; delineated.

    “lineal designs”

  • Lineal (adjective)

    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”

  • Linear (adjective)

    Having the form of a line; straight.

  • Linear (adjective)

    Of or relating to lines.

  • Linear (adjective)

    Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.

  • Linear (adjective)

    Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

  • Linear (adjective)

    Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form y = ax + b .

  • Linear (adjective)

    A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension as opposed to area or volume.

    “a linear meter”

Wiktionary
  • Lineal (adjective)

    in a direct line of descent or ancestry

    “a lineal descendant”

  • Lineal (adjective)

    relating to or consisting of lines; linear.

  • Linear (adjective)

    arranged in or extending along a straight or nearly straight line

    “linear movement”

  • Linear (adjective)

    consisting of or predominantly formed using lines or outlines

    “simple linear designs”

  • Linear (adjective)

    involving one dimension only

    “linear elasticity”

  • Linear (adjective)

    able to be represented by a straight line on a graph

    “linear functions”

  • Linear (adjective)

    involving or exhibiting directly proportional change in two related quantities

    “linear relationship”

  • Linear (adjective)

    progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential

    “a linear narrative”

Oxford Dictionary

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