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”
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”