— lineamental /lin'ee a men"tl/ , adj. — lineamentation , n.
/lin"ee euh meuhnt/ , n.
1. Often, lineaments . a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour: His fine lineaments made him the very image of his father.
2. Usually, lineaments . distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics: the lineaments of sincere repentance.
3. Geol. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure.
[ 1400-50; late ME lineamentum a stroke, pl., features, equiv. to linea ( re ) to draw a line (deriv. of linea; see LINE 1 ) + -mentum -MENT ]