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Lineal
Meaning
Adj
●
Having an
ancestral
relationship to
mothers
,
fathers
,
grandparents
, (etc.) and having a
descendant
relationship to
sons
,
daughters
,
grandchildren
(etc.), exclusive of
collateral
siblings.
●
Inheriting by
direct
descent
; having the right by
direct
descent
to
succeed
(to).
●
Composed of
lines
; delineated.
●
In the
direction
of a
line
; of a
line
; of or
relating
to a
line
;
measured
on, or
ascertained
by, a
line
;
line
ar.
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Origin
lineal
English
linealis
Latin
-alis
Latin
linea
Latin
linum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Collateral
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