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linearly

adv

Etymology

From linear + -ly.

  1. borrowed from līneāris
  2. formed as linearly — “linear + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a linear manner.

  2. In a straight line.

  3. Sequentially in time

    Sequentially in time; chronologically.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. In the manner of a linear function.

      • The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added.
      • Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners.

    2. Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.

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No curated loop yet for linearly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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