What does "lineation" mean?

A linear feature in rock, often structural

What is a synonym for "lineation"?

Common synonyms include: band, bar, contour, cross hatching, dash, delineation.

noun

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Noun

1
A linear feature in rock, often structural countable, uncountable
"magnetic lineations"
2
the act of marking or outlining with lines wordnet
3
The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem countable, uncountable
"Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning."
4
the line that appears to bound an object wordnet

"Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning."

From Latin lineatio.

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