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1.
Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
2.
Usually, lineaments. distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics: the lineaments of sincere repentance.
3.
Geology. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure.
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lineament
early 15c., "distinctive feature of the body, outline," from M.Fr. lineament, from L. lineamentum "contour, outline," from lineare "to reduce to a straight line," from linea (see line (n.)). Fig. sense of "a characteristic" is attested from 1630s.
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