lineaments

 [lin-ee-uh-muhnt]  

lin·e·a·ment

   [lin-ee-uh-muhnt]
noun
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.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin līneāmentum a stroke, plural, features, equivalent to līneā(re) to draw a line (derivative of līnea; see line1) + -mentum -ment

Related forms
lin·e·a·men·tal  [lin-ee-a-men-tl] , adjective
lin·e·a·men·ta·tion, noun
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