lineation

See also: linéation

English

Etymology

From Latin lineatio.

Noun

lineation (countable and uncountable, plural lineations)

1. (geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural

   magnetic lineations

2. (literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
   • 2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry‎^[1], →ISBN, pages 26–27:

     Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.

Related terms

• lineate
• delineation

See also

• versification