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Lineage

 
(′lin·ē·ij)

(genetics) Individual descended from a common progenitor.


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noun

  1. One's ancestors or their character or one's ancestral derivation: ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, seed, stock. See kin, precede/follow.
  2. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, house, kindred, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin. See kin.


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A kin-group defined through a number of generations by a specific line of descent, either through the male side (patrilineal) or the female side (matrilineal).

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Race; family; kin; blood. A common ancestor with all ascending and descending persons. See lineal.

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Lineage may refer to:

In science:

  • Lineage (anthropology) (or kinship), descent group that can demonstrate their common descent from an apical ancestor
  • Lineage (evolution), group composed of species, taxa, or individuals related by descent from a common ancestor

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Translations: Lineage
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - slægt, æt, afstamning, herkomst

2.
n. - pris per linje

Nederlands (Dutch)
afkomst, afstammelingen van dezelfde voorouders, genealogie, nakomelingschap, hoeveelheid gedrukte/ -geschreven regels

Français (French)
1.
n. - origine, lignage (parents d'une souche commune)

2.
n. - (Typ) lignage, facturation/paiement à la ligne

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Abstammung

2.
n. - Zeilenzahl, Zeilenhonorar

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καταγωγή, σόι, σειρά κατιόντων, γενεαλογικό δένδρο

Italiano (Italian)
origine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - linhagem (f), estirpe (f)

Русский (Russian)
родословная, род, число строк в рукописи, построчная оплата

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - linaje, abolengo, pedigree

2.
n. - lineaje, cantidad de líneas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - antal rader, radantal, radbetalning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 后裔, 家系, 世系

2. 一行排列, 行数

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 後裔, 家系, 世系

2.
n. - 一行排列, 行數

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 혈통 , 핏줄, 일족

2.
n. - 행수, 인쇄된 행수 당 지불

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 血統

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نسب, نسل, ذريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלשלת יוחסין‬
n. - ‮מוצא, יחוס‬


 
 

 

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