Linear

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling a line; straight.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. In, of, describing, described by, or related to a straight line.
  • adjective. Having only one dimension.
  • adjective. Characterized by, composed of, or emphasizing drawn lines rather than painterly effects.
  • adjective. Narrow and elongated with nearly parallel margins.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to a line or lines; composed or consisting of lines: as, linear drawing; linear perspective.
  • Relating to length only; specifically, in mathematics and physics, involving measurement in one dimension only, or a sum of such measurements; involving only straight lines; unidimensional; of the first degree: as, linear numbers; linear measure.
  • In bot., zoöl, and anatomy, like a line or thread; slender; very narrow and elongate: as, a linear leaf.
  • In prosody, consisting in or pertaining to a succession of single verses all of the same rhythm and length; stichic: as, linear composition; “Paradise Lost” is linear in composition.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
  • adjective. Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities.
  • adjective. Thinking in a step-by-step analytical and logical fashion; contrasted with holistic, i.e. thinking in terms of complex interrelated patterns.
  • adjective. an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients.
  • adjective. an equation of the first degree between two variables; -- so called because every such equation may be considered as representing a right line.
  • adjective. the measurement of length.
  • adjective. such numbers as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is square, the linear figure is called a root.
  • adjective. a problem which may be solved geometrically by the use of right lines alone.
  • adjective. a change of variables where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in the new variable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having the form of a line; straight.
  • adjective. Of or relating to lines.
  • adjective. Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.
  • adjective. Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form .
  • adjective. A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. measured lengthwise
  • adjective. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
  • adjective. of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
  • adjective. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
  • adjective. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
  • Word Usage
    ""The term linear just means that each output bit of the mixing function is the XOR of several of the input bits.","
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    holistic  
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    skinnier  
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