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linear

adj
/ˈlɪn.i.ə/UK/ˈlɪn.i.əɹ/US/liː.nɪ.jə(ɾ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent to line + -ar. Doublet of lineal.

  1. borrowed from līneāris

Definitions

  1. Having the form of a line

    Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.

    • The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken.

  2. Of or relating to lines.

  3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.

    • a linear medium
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

    2. (of polynomials or polynomial equations)

      • 4x#43;5y#43;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;2#125;z is a linear polynomial, but 4xy#43;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;2#125;z and 4x#43;z² are not.

    3. (of functions or maps)

      • The map f#58;#92;mathbb#123;R#125;³#92;to#92;mathbb#123;R#125;² taking (x,y,z)#92;mapsto(x#43;y#43;z,x-y#43;3z) is a linear map.

    4. A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or…

      A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

      • a linear meter

    5. Delivered or delivering on a fixed schedule, as opposed to on-demand.

      • linear TV, linear content, linear video, linear radio
      • Linear television is dead or, at least, declining.
      • Linear television includes traditional over-the-air broadcasting, as well as much cable and satellite broadcasting.

    6. Ellipsis of linear amplifier.

    7. A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln…

      A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program in New Mexico. (See https://web.archive.org/web/20051220100856/http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/linear.html) Sometimes spelled LINEAR.

    8. Initialism of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.

The neighborhood

Derived

antilinear, basolinear, bilinear, circumlinear, colinear, collinear, crosslinear, curvilinear, general linear group, hyperlinear, interlineal, interlinear, isolinear, lineal, linear algebra, linear algebraic, linear algebraic group, linear channel, linear combination, linear congruential generator, linear density, linear dependence, linear elasticity, linear equation, linear foot, linear form, linear function, linear functional, linear group, linear independence, linearise, linearism, linearithmic, linearity, linearization, linearize, linear logic, linearly, linear map, linear meter · +55 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at linear. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01linear02straight03constant04feeling05emotionally06emotional07logical08logic

A definitional loop anchored at linear. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at linear

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA