[mass noun]the action or process of drawing lines or marking with lines 画线,标线(指动作或过程) ■[count noun]a line or linear marking; an arrangement or group of lines 画线;标线;线布局 magnetic lineations. 磁分行。 ■[count noun]a contour or outline 轮廓,外廓 ■the division of text into lines 分行 the punctuation and lineation are reproduced accurately. 标点和分行都很准确地被复制了下来。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin lineatio(n-), from lineare 'make straight'