Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lininess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lin-i-ness
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of resembling or consisting of lines.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess."
"Among other possible measures we try a line-oriented one, "lininess", in Section 6."

Etymology

From liney or liny + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does lininess mean?: The property of resembling or consisting of lines.
Where does lininess come from?: From liney or liny + -ness.

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