lineation

 [lin-ee-ey-shuhn]  

lin·e·a·tion

   [lin-ee-ey-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
2.
a division into lines.
3.
an outline or delineation.
4.
an arrangement or group of lines.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English lyneacion < Late Latin līneātiōn- (stem of līneātiō) the drawing of a line, Latin: direction, line. See lineate, -ion
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lineation (ˌlɪnɪˈeɪʃən)
 
—n
1.  the act of marking with lines
2.  an arrangement of or division into lines
3.  an outline or contour
4.  any linear arrangement involving rocks or minerals, such as a parallel arrangement of elongated mineral grains

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