Meaning of lineāls | Babel Free

Definitions

ruler (flat, straight instrument for measuring or drawing, usually labeled with a length scale)

declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“trīsstūra lineāls”

triangular ruler

“mēroga lineāls”

scale ruler

“logaritmiskais lineāls”

slide rule (lit. logarithmic ruler)

“taisns kā lineāls”

straight as a ruler (i.e., completely straight)

“stūrmanis strādā ar lineālu, cirkuli un zīmuli, atzīmēdams kartē taisnāko ceļu no Kurzemes līdz zviedru krastiem”

the helmsman works with ruler, compass and pencil, drawing on the map the straightest path from Courland to the Swedish coast

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