lininess

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noun

The property of resembling or consisting of lines.

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Meanings

nounlininess (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe property of resembling or consisting of lines.

    Among other possible measures we try a line-oriented one, "lininess", in Section 6.

    1995, Proceedings, Fifth International Conference on Computer Vision (June 20-23, 1995, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts) (page 197)
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    The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess.

    1954, Edward Molloy, John Patrick Hawker, Television Engineers' Pocket Book, page 27

Origin

From liney or liny + -ness.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lininess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lininess.

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