lineate
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lineate
First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin līneātus, past participle of līneāre “to make straight, mark with lines”; lineament, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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A figure is a lineate bounded on all parts.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
A lineate is a Magnitude more then long.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
A lineate is either a Surface or a Body.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
For triangles doe compound and make the triangulate, but lines doe not make the lineate.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
As before of a line was made a lineate: so here in like manner of a triangle is made a triangulate.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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