multilineal

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adjective

Having many lines, for example lines of descent

“multilineal kinship”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivemultilineal (comparative more multilineal, superlative most multilineal)

comparative more multilineal · superlative most multilineal

  1. Having many lines, for example lines of descent

    multilineal kinship

    3 more examples

    multilineal evolution

    multilineal sequence

    This Map is multilineal in the extreme, and is the first in which the Eastern Islands are included

    1773, George Steevens, The Plays of Shakespeare with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

multilineal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilineal

MLA

“multilineal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilineal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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