Lineations

The mistress sat in an arm-chair very smooth in finish despite the lineations sunk into its surfaces, and so roomy as to permit her to drop easily into a half-reclining posture. ❋ Lewis Wallace (1866)

Corny's was in a large, coarse hand, but it was a fair copy, while Christy's contained several corrections and inter-lineations. ❋ Oliver Optic (1859)

"These dark lineations are different from other types of features on Martian slopes," said Richard Zurek, the project scientist for MRO, in a statement. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Using the vivid colors and delicate lineations of the Book of Kells for inspiration, he establishes a surprising and completely persuasive link between the ancient art of manuscript illumination and the modern practice of animation. ❋ By A. O. SCOTT (2010)

The exposed Paleoproterozoic Dongling Complex in the footwall is widely overprinted by a detachment ductile shear zone, which has consistent southwest-plunging mineral elongation lineations and top-to-southwest shear indicators. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ancient ridge is now lost to subduction, but its past presence is recorded by a few magnetic lineations in oceanic crust south of the Bering Sea. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Connerney JEP, Acuna MH, Wasilewski P, Ness NF, Reme H, et al. (1999) Magnetic lineations in the ancient crust of Mars. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We suggest that meltwater flow across the middle and outer shelves might have been in broad, turbulent floods, which raises the possibility that megascale glacial lineations (MSGL) on the shelf might originate by erosion in turbulent flow. ❋ Unknown (2009)