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lineament

lin·e·a·ment [ línnee əmənt ] (plural lin·e·a·ments)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. facial feature: a feature or contour of a face ( literary )

2. characteristic feature: a characteristic feature, especially of something immaterial ( literary )

3. feature of land: a major topographical feature such as a long fault plane that reveals something about its subsurface

[15th century. < Latin lineamentum "line" < lineare "make straight" < linea "line"]
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