lineation
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Linear crystals, such as hornblende, tourmaline, or stretched quartz grains, can be arranged as part of a foliation, a lineation, or foliation/lineation together.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
When minerals lie on a plane AND point in a common direction; this is both foliation and lineation.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Crooked and jagged, the lineation is a lifetime on display — the joy, sadness, euphoria and thrill of every breath.
From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2014
Some of the material swings close to the prosaic, yet Motion's deft lineation and deletions work double-time to preserve the true sense of natural speech.
From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012
This fact, if it be a fact, must be due to the general inability of his English and American public to appreciate their accuracy of observation and lineation.
From Critical Studies by Ouida
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
