Associations to the word «Lineation»

Wiktionary

LINEATION, noun. (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
LINEATION, noun. (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem

Dictionary definition

LINEATION, noun. The line that appears to bound an object.
LINEATION, noun. The act of marking or outlining with lines.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates