Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of a linear shape.
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Examples
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Big Thicket National Reserve (very linear-shaped habitat block offering little core area) - eastern Texas
Piney Woods forests 2008
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The view would resemble that of a great lake, if it were not for the linear-shaped islets, which alone give the idea of running water.
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The view would resemble that of a great lake, if it were not for the linear-shaped islets, which alone give the idea of running water.
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The view would resemble that of a great lake, if it were not for the linear-shaped islets, which alone give the idea of running water.
Chapter VII 1909
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A vast volume of smooth, yellow water, floating trees and beds of aquatic grass, low, linear-shaped, wooded islets, a dark, even forest -- the shores of a boundless sea of verdure, and a cloudless sky occasionally obscured by flocks of parrots: these are the general features.
The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853
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The view would resemble that of a great lake, if it were not for the linear-shaped islets, which alone give the idea of running water.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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They will use linear-shaped charges - copper tubes loaded with RDX, an explosive widely used for military and industrial applications.
RutlandHerald.com 2009
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