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Rectilineal :: Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of Rectilinea.

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant..

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude..

Curvilineal :: Curvilineal (a.) Alt. of Curvilinea.

Covariant :: Covariant (n.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic..

Palm :: Palm (n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

Nephew :: Nephew (n.) A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant..

Square :: Square (a.) Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame..

Interlineal :: Interlineal (a.) Alt. of Interlinea.

Lineal :: Lineal (a.) Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs..

Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In collateral relation; not lineally.

Parabola :: Parabola (n.) One of a group of curves defined by the equation y = axn where n is a positive whole number or a positive fraction. For the cubical parabola n = 3; for the semicubical parabola n = /. See under Cubical, and Semicubical. The parabolas have infinite branches, but no rectilineal asymptotes..

Multilineal :: Multilineal (a.) Having many lines.

Millimetre :: Millimetre (n.) A lineal measure in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a meter; equal to .03937 of an inch. See 3d Meter..

Lineality :: Lineality (n.) The quality of being lineal.

Linear :: Linear (a.) Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

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

Mixtilineal :: Mixtilineal (a.) Alt. of Mixtilinea.

Centrolineal :: Centrolineal (a.) Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

Abscissa :: Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes..

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