Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polylineality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-lin-eal-i-ty
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The quality of having or being composed of many lines.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Despite the fact that many family lines contribute to the continuance of a lineage by means of marriages across time, any attempt to base a reckoning of descent upon a principle of polylineality would inevitably destroy the human lineage and throw the structure of society into a confusion by utterly obscuring the essential distinctions between the various lineages of which society is composed."

Etymology

From polylineal + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: polylineal

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does polylineality mean?: The quality of having or being composed of many lines.
Where does polylineality come from?: From polylineal + -ity.

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