From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lineal \Lin"e*al\ (l[i^]n"[-e]*al), adjective [L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin['e]al. See 3d {Line}.]
1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to {collateral}; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. --Locke.
2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
For only you are lineal to the throne. --Dryden.
3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
{Lineal measure}, the measure of length; -- usually written {linear measure}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: {direct}] [ant: {collateral}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "lineal": after, arrowlike, attendant, cadet, catenary, clannish, consecutive, dead straight, diphyletic, direct, ensuing, ethnic, even, family, flat, following, genealogical, genetic, gentile, gentilic, horizontal, in a line, junior, later, level, linear, national, ordinal, phyletic, phylogenetic, posterior, progressive, puisne, racial, rectilineal, rectilinear, right, ruler-straight, sequent, sequential, serial, seriate, smooth, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-side, streamlined, subsequent, succeeding, successional, successive, totemic, tribal, true, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, uncurved, undeflected, undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unswerving, unturned, upright, vertical, younger
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