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Sublineation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A line drawn underneath text; an underline. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    The act of underlining. uncountable, usually
  3. 3
    A system of forming kinship groups that subdivide a major lineage into subgroups of more closely related individuals. uncountable, usually

    "At that time, before sublineation had become significant for the local group, banishment would have amounted to dismissing a troublesome individual and his wife and children, rather than an entire sublineage consisting of several families ..."

  4. 4
    lineation due to the accumulation of matter in cavities beneath the surface. uncountable, usually

    "There have been a great many theories as to why the zinc is deposited on and alloyed with the metal treated, but I think that the theory of sublineation is possibly the one most correct."

  5. 5
    A branch of philosophy concerned with understanding of language. uncountable, usually

    "Philosophy interested him, and I found my own education improving with Socrates' as he led me deeper and deeper into mazes of idealism, epistemology and sublineation."

Etymology

From sub- + lineation.

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