Lineament

Definitions: Lineament

Lineament

Noun

1. A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands".

2. The characteristics parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular".

Date "lineament" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Geological	A linear (relatively straight) topographic feature or features such as a fault, line of dense vegetation, or a chain of aligned volcanoes. (references)
Mining	A. A significant line of landscape that reveals the hidden architecture of the rock basement. Lineaments are character lines of the Earth's physiognomy b. A topographic feature; esp., one that is rectilinear c. A topographic line that is structurally controlled. Lineaments are studied esp. on aerial photographs. Sometimes inappropriately called alinear. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Lineament

Synonyms: character (n), feature (n), quality (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Form	Feature, lineament, turn; phase; (aspect); posture, attitude, pose.
Indication	Characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, trait; fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint; cloven hoof; footfall; recognition (memory).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Lineament

Non-English Usage: "Lineament" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (lineament).

Domain	Title
Books	Tectonic evolution of the Waldau Ridge structure and the Okahandja lineament in part of the Central Damara Orogen, west of Okahandja, South West Africa (reference) The geology of the area east of Pofadder with emphasis on shearing associated with the Pofadder lineament, Northwest Cape (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Lineament" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lineament" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Language		Translations for "lineament"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vijëzim, tipar (attribute, character, facet, feature, point, property, trait), karakteristikë (character, characteristic, datum, peculiarity, property, qualification, specification). (various references)

Arabic		‏قسمات الوجه (trait), ‏سمة مميزة (hallmark, note), ‏اسارير. (various references)

Bulgarian		характерна черта (characteristic, impress, note, particularity, physiognomy, point, quality, speciality, trait), черти на лицето (countenance, features, physiognomy), особеност (distinction, feature, particularity, pattern, peculiarity, point, speciality, trick), очертание (adumbration, conformation, contour, cutout, delineation, form, line, outline, shape, silhouette), отличителна черта (physiognomy, point, speciality, trait). (various references)

Czech		rys (attribute, character, feature, lynx, ream, trait). (various references)

French		linéament (lineation), traits (lines). (various references)

German		lineament. (various references)

Greek		χαρακτηριστικό (feature, particularity, streak, trait). (various references)

Hebrew		תו פנים (feature), קו מאפין, קו אפי (streak). (various references)

Hungarian		megkülönböztetõ vonások, arcvonás (feature, mien, physiognomy). (various references)

Italian		lineamento (feature, outline), tratto (circuit, course, feature, itinerary, journey, length, line, part, reach, stretch, stroke, tract, trait, trip, trunk). (various references)

Manx		cowrey eddin. (various references)

Pig Latin		ineamentlay

Portuguese		lineamento, traço fisionômico, feição (feature, garb, trait), em linha reta (forthright, straight). (various references)

Romanian		trãsãturã (aspect, characteristic, feature, line, Mark, Ray, stroke, touch, trait). (various references)

Russian		черты лица, отличительная черта (distinctive feature). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		oblik tela, crta (feature, line, strain, trait). (various references)

Spanish		lineamiento. (various references)

Swedish		anletsdrag (feature). (various references)

Thai		ลักษณะเฉพาะ (idiosyncrasy), ลักษณะหน้าตาและรูปร่าง, ลักษณะภูมิประเทศ. (various references)

Turkish		yüz hattı (feature). (various references)

Ukranian		риси, контури. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lineamentum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "lineament": lineamental, lineaments. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lineament" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lieament, lineamented, Linement. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "lineament" (pronounced 'Lin"e*a*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: alinement.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-t"
	-1 letter: melanite.
	-2 letters: ailment, aliment, eminent, enamine, etamine, lenient, lineate, lineman, linemen, mannite, matinee, melanin, teleman.
	-3 letters: emetin, enamel, entail, etamin, inmate, innate, lament, lateen, lenten, linnet, maline, mantel, mantle, mealie, meanie, menial, mental, neaten, tamein, tenail, teniae, tineal, tinman, tinmen.
	-4 letters: alien, aline, ament, amine, anele, anent, anile, anime, eaten, elain, elate, elemi, elint.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-m-n-n-t"
	+1 letter: alinements, entailment, lineaments.
	+2 letters: entailments, incremental, lineamental, mentionable, realignment, sentimental.
	+3 letters: ethanolamine, interminable, phentolamine, realignments, unmyelinated.
	+4 letters: antepenultima, demyelinating, demyelination, determinantal, dismantlement, environmental, ethanolamines, gentlemanlike, impermanently, incrementally, interlacement, interterminal, monumentalize, nonmyelinated, phenomenalist, phentolamines, sentimentally, ultrafeminine, unmentionable, unsentimental.
	+5 letters: absentmindedly, antepenultimas, demyelinations, dismantlements, elementariness, implementation, incrementalism, incrementalist, indemonstrable, indeterminable, indeterminably, inimitableness, interlacements, intermenstrual, intersegmental, methylxanthine, militantnesses, monumentalized, monumentalizes, nongeometrical, phenomenalists, presentimental, reminiscential, semicentennial, sentimentalise, sentimentalism, sentimentalist, sentimentality, sentimentalize, terminableness, undeterminable, unmentionables.
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