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单词 multilineal
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multilinealadj.

Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈlɪnɪəl/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈlɪniəl/; see also multi- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, lineal adj.
Etymology: < multi- comb. form + lineal adj. Compare earlier curvilineal n. and adj., rectilineal adj., trilineal adj., and also matrilineal adj., patrilineal adj.
Having several or many lines; (Cultural Anthropology) denoting a kinship system which includes relationships derived from families of both the father and the mother.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > relating to multilineal system
multilineala1800
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > many-sided or having parts
many-headed1537
many-sided1570
fertile-headed1632
versatile1656
multilateral1784
multilineala1800
polycephalic1850
multipolar1855
faceted1862
multicentral1864
arborescent1867
multisegmented1879
multisegmentate1880
multilinear1886
polycentric1887
many-faceted1890
a1800 G. Steevens Note on Twel. N. iii. iii, in Plays W. Shakspeare (1803) V. 353 This Map is multilineal in the extreme, and is the first in which the Eastern Islands are included.
1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Multilineal or multilinear, having many lines.
1943 T. Parsons in Amer. Anthropologist 45 26 Since the same principle of lack of distinction by sex of intervening relative applies to still higher ascendant generations—the four great- and eight great-great-grandfathers—it is perhaps more accurate to speak of a ‘multilineal’ than a ‘bilateral’ system.
1956 R. Firth Two Stud. Kinship in London 16 The ‘multilineal’ American family.
1965 G. P. Murdock Culture & Society xiii. 179 The ‘multilineal’ of Parsons..is inappropriate since..many such systems, including the American, are not in fact ‘lineal’ in any sense.
1993 C. Tilley Interpretative Archaeol. 19 A rhizome..establishes multiple connections in any direction rather than a unilineal or multilineal series linking diverse elements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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