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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.
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Of or relating to lines.
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Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
- a linear medium
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Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
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(of polynomials or polynomial equations); Having degree one; that is, being of the form a_1x_1+a_2x_2+⋯+a_nx_n+b, where each x_i is a variable. See also Linear polynomials on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 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.
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(of polynomials or polynomial equations); Involving only linear polynomials. See also Linear equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- The graph of the linear equation y#61;ax#43;b is a straight line with slope a and y-intercept b
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(of functions or maps); An additive, homogeneous mapping; that is, a function f:V→W is linear if it distributes over vector addition (f( mathbf v+ mathbf w)=f( mathbf v)+f( mathbf w)) and respects scalar multiplication (f(c mathbf v)=cf( mathbf v)). If V and W are vector spaces over a field K, f may also be called a K-line
- 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.
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(of functions or maps); A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also Module homomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
- a linear meter
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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.
syn. linelike
ant. nonlinear