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| lin·e·a·ment [ línnee əmənt ] (plural lin·e·a·ments) |
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1. facial feature: a feature or contour of a face
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2. characteristic feature: a characteristic feature, especially of something immaterial
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3. feature of land: a major topographical feature such as a long fault plane that reveals something about its subsurface
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| [15th century. < Latin lineamentum "line" < lineare "make straight" < linea "line"] |
