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Another word for lineament

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Noun
      1. In generative linguistics, any of various abstract entities that specify or combine to specify phonological, morphological, semantic, and syntactic properties of linguistic forms and that act as the targets of linguistic rules and operations.
      2. A prominent or distinctive part, quality, or characteristic:
      3. (Linguistics) A property of linguistic units or forms:
      1. Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
      2. (--- Computers) The way in which a computer system or network is set up or connected.
      3. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
      1. (--- Linguistics) The distinctive rising and falling patterns of pitch, tone, or stress.
      2. The general shape or form of a figure, configuration, etc.
      3. (Linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
    See also:

    characteristic

    feature

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