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Meaning of "lineament" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LINEAMENT

From Latin: line, from līneāre to draw a line.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LINEAMENT

lineament  [ˈlɪnɪəmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LINEAMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lineament is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LINEAMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lineament

See also Line A lineament is a linear feature in a landscape which is an expression of an underlying geological structure such as a fault. Typically a lineament will comprise a fault-aligned valley, a series of fault or fold-aligned hills, a straight coastline or indeed a combination of these features. Fracture zones, shear zones and igneous intrusions such as dykes can also give rise to lineaments. Lineaments are often apparent in geological or topographic maps and can appear obvious on aerial or satellite photographs. There are for example, several instances within Great Britain. In Scotland the Great Glen Fault and Highland Boundary Fault give rise to lineaments as does the Malvern Line in western England and the Neath Disturbance in South Wales. The term 'megalineament' has been used to describe such features on a continental scale. The trace of the San Andreas Fault might be considered an example. The Trans Brazilian Lineament and the Trans-Saharan Belt, taken together, form perhaps the longest coherent shear zone on the Earth, extending for about 4,000 km. Lineaments have also been identified on other planets and their moons.

Definition of lineament in the English dictionary

The first definition of lineament in the dictionary is a facial outline or feature. Other definition of lineament is a distinctive characteristic or feature. Lineament is also any long natural feature on the surface of the earth, such as a fault, esp as revealed by aerial photography.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LINEAMENT


acquirement
əˈkwaɪəmənt
affeerment
əˈfɪəmənt
amerciament
əˈmɜːsɪəmənt
attirement
əˈtaɪəmənt
cashierment
kæˈʃɪəmənt
cerement
ˈsɪəmənt
endearment
ɪnˈdɪəmənt
instrument
ˈɪnstrəmənt
measurement
ˈmɛʒəmənt
measurements
ˈmɛʒəmənt
ornament
ˈɔːnəmənt
palliament
ˈpælɪəmənt
parliament
ˈpɑːləmənt
postretirement
ˌpəʊstrɪˈtaɪəmənt
preretirement
ˌpriːrɪˈtaɪəmənt
requirement
rɪˈkwaɪəmənt
retirement
rɪˈtaɪəmənt
semiretirement
ˌsɛmɪrɪˈtaɪəmənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
virement
ˈvaɪəmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LINEAMENT

lineable
lineage
lineal
lineality
lineally
linear
Linear A
linear accelerator
Linear B
linear collider
linear equation
linear measure
linear motor
linear ordering
linear perspective
linear programming
linear space
linearisation
linearity
linearization

WORDS THAT END LIKE LINEAMENT

advertisement
armament
Christmas ornament
European Parliament
filament
firmament
fundament
Houses of Parliament
lament
ligament
medicament
Member of Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
monofilament
New Testament
Old Testament
parament
predicament
sacrament
temperament
testament

Synonyms and antonyms of lineament in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lineament» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LINEAMENT

Find out the translation of lineament to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lineament from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lineament» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

线性构造
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lineamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

lineament
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मीयता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسارير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

линеамент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lineamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্গরেখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

linéament
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lineament
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lineament
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リニアメント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생김새
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lineament
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vẻ mặt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனித் தோற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेखाचित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüz hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lineamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lineament
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лінеаменти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trăsătură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lineament
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelaat trek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lineament
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lineament
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lineament

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LINEAMENT»

The term «lineament» is regularly used and occupies the 90.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LINEAMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lineament

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LINEAMENT»

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Deep Crustal Structure of the Son-Narmada-Tapti Lineament, ...
Jain AK, Annup N, Singhal DC (1984) Crustal evolution of the Narmada–Son lineament and associated shear zones of the Indian lithosphere. J Earth Sci, CEISM Semin 125–148 2. Kale VS (1985) Geology of the area north and northeast of ...
G. Dhanunjaya Naidu, 2012
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The North Atlantic Igneous Province: Stratigraphy, Tectonic, ...
Its landward prolongation, the Jan Mayen Lineament (Blystad et al. 1995), offsets large, positive gravity and magnetic anomaly belts more than 200 km in a left- lateral sense (Figs 2 & 3) probably reflecting Palaeozoic or older crustal lineaments ...
David W. Jolley, B. R. Bell, 2002
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Geotechnical Applications of Remote Sensing and Remote Data ...
Lineament continuity, or the continuous projection of lineaments across a given distance, appears to be directly related to lineament trends. The most continuous lineaments were caused by the most recent structural adjustments. Lineaments ...
Arnold Ivan Johnson, C. Bernt Pettersson, 1988
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Magmatism in Relation to Diverse Tectonic Settings
Yellur (1968) likewise suggested that the Narmada valley constitutes a rift zone. Rao and coworkers (1968) found a good correlation between the occurrences of base metals in Archaenas, Bijawars, Vindhyans and the Narmada lineament.
R. Chandra, R.K. Srivastava, 1996
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
The boundary shown on figure 1 follows a faint lineament that can be seen clearly on topographic maps that show contours only (U.S. Geological Survey maps of Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and Knoxville Quadrangles, scale 1:250,000).
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1982
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New Technology for Geosciences
"The Analysis of Lineament Field"1*1 "Lineament field", which is the spatial distribution of all lineaments in a certain area (generally, it is a bigger geological unit) and is the result of the interaction and superposition of a series of geological  ...
Guo Huadong, Vernon Singhroy, Thomas Galen Farr, 1997
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Computational Seismology and Geodynamics, Selected Papers ...
In the south Kopet Dagh is adjacent to the Quchan-Mashhad basin along lineament 1825. The lineament zone includes the South Kopet Dagh deep- seated fault [Khain, 1984; Valbe, 1970]. Lineament 25—30 separates Kopet Dagh and ...
Alik Ismail-Zade, 2013
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Evolution of an Andean Margin: A Tectonic and Magmatic View ...
Shallowing of Benioff Zone in Northern Sector (Middle to Late Miocene) As recognized by Kay (2001a, 2001b, 2002; Kay et al., this volume, chapter 2), an important transient shallowing of the subduction zone north of the Cortaderas lineament ...
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Víctor A. Ramos, 2006
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Sedimentary Processes, Environments and Basins: A Tribute to ...
In the same area, a major deepening of the base of the Pliocene basin occurs from a depth of 3000m just north of the lineament to about 9000 m south of it ( Castellarin, 2001). In the inner part of the Northern Apennines, the lineament marks ...
Gary Nichols, Edward Williams, Chris Paola, 2009
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Remote Sensing Geology
A few other circular to semi-circular features are also seen in the lineament zone. It is inferred that the N-S-trending lineament zone and the associated carbonatite suite of rocks formed as a result of up-arching of the mantle plume, and are ...
Ravi P. Gupta, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LINEAMENT»

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National Bank Financial Cuts Semafo Price Target to C$4.50 (SMF)
The Siou Zone is located along the Kokoi Trend, a north-northeast trending magnetic lineament, which is traced over a distance of ... «Mideast Time, Jul 15»
2
Semafo Given New C$4.50 Price Target at National Bank Financial …
The Siou Zone is located along the Kokoi Trend, a north-northeast trending magnetic lineament, which is traced over a distance of ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
3
Semafo Receives Average Recommendation of "Buy" from …
... a north-northeast trending magnetic lineament, which is traced over a distance of approximately 30 kilometers. The Company initiated Auger ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
4
Scotiabank Cuts Semafo Price Target to C$5.25 (SMF)
The Siou Zone is located along the Kokoi Trend, a north-northeast trending magnetic lineament, which is traced over a distance of ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
5
European Metals Corporate Update
In addition, Westcork undertook a structural lineament satellite imagery study, and conducted a VLF survey between the Caminches and ... «Digital Journal, Jun 15»
6
Cork earthquake 'not caused by drilling'
The boys discovered that the earthquake was not caused by oil drilling but by movement along an existing faultline, possibly an ancient lineament, in the North ... «Southern Star Newspaper, Jun 15»
7
Stewardson 2015 Drill Program
... considered structurally important where the C-conductor structural corridor appears to be truncated or off-set by the L8 structural lineament. «Canada NewsWire, Jun 15»
8
Fractures as Preferential Flowpaths for Aquifer Storage and …
Based on the three lineament data sets included in our study, including 118 fractures that extend for considerable distances through ... «Florida Water Daily, May 15»
9
Altan Nevada Announces Encouraging Results at North Star Gold …
... three Yerington District copper-gold targets and three large-scale gold alteration systems along the Walker Lane lineament in central Nevada ... «Stockhouse, May 15»
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Two more metro rail tenders this year
“We will face two big challenges in implementing the project – one is transferring the utility services from the project's lineament area and the ... «DhakaTribune, May 15»

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