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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a unit of measurement of length [syn: linear unit, linear measure]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1890 1. a measure of length 2. a system of measures of length

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lineal Lin"e*al (l[i^]n"[-e]*al), a. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Linear measure, the measurement of length. Linear numbers (Math.), such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the linear figure is called a root. Linear problem (Geom.), a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone. Linear transformation (Alg.), a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable.