ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lineation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lineation is a noun meaning (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural.

Meaning

(geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural.

More Meanings

  1. (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem

Example Sentences

magnetic lineations
Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slickenside, linea, strandline, line, faultline, pitline.

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