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lineage
has definitions from the fields of genetics,accounting,business,mathematics,biology
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[ noun ] the descendants of one individual
Examples "his entire lineage has been warriors" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Below these particulars was a series of alpha beta gammas connected by arrows and crosses which denoted the lineage of the breed . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)She was a living doll and no mistake - the blue-black bang , the wide cheekbones , olive flushed , that betrayed the Cherokee strain in her Midwestern lineage , and the mouth whose only fault , in the novelist 's carping phrase , was that the lower lip was a_trifle too voluptuous . |
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[ noun ] (biology) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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[ noun ] (genetics) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
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