/lin'ee ay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. an act or instance of marking with or tracing by lines.
2. a division into lines.
3. an outline or delineation.
4. an arrangement or group of lines.
[ 1350-1400; ME lyneacion lineation- (s. of lineatio ) the drawing of a line, L: direction, line. See LINEATE, -ION ]