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countable and uncountable, plural lineations
(geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
(literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem quotations examples
Lineation is very much a matter of syntax, organizing the poem's grammar across its lines in ways significant and central to the poem's meaning.
2001, Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry, pages 26–27