lineal

adj.

1. Belonging to or being in the direct line of descent from an ancestor.
2. Derived from or relating to a particular line of descent; hereditary.
3. Linear.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin līneālis, consisting of lines, from Latin līnea, line. See line¹.]

lineally lin'e·al·ly adv.

adjective

Of unbroken descent or lineage: direct. See continue/stop/pause.

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That which comes in a line, par- ticularly a direct line, as from parent to child or grandparent to grandchild.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
  Synonym: direct
  Antonym: collateral (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: arranged in a line

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lige linje, nedstamning, direkte, nedarvet

Nederlands (Dutch)
rechtstreeks afstammend, lijnvormig

Français (French)
adj. - en ligne directe de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - direkt, geradlinig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γραμμικός

Italiano (Italian)
lineale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - linear

Русский (Russian)
происходящий по прямой линии, наследственный, подстрочный, линейный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lineal, en línea directa

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - i rätt nedstigande led

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
直系的, 嫡出的, 正统的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 直系的, 嫡出的, 正統的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 직계인, 정통의, 선 모양의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正統の, 直系の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مباشر, مؤلف من خطوط, منحدر من سلاله واحدة, سلالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ישיר (צאצא), מתייחס‬

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