linear

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see also: Linear, LINEAR

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ɚ/
• (British) IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ə/

Adjective

linear

1. Having the form of a line; straight.
2. Of or relating to lines.
3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.

   a linear medium

4. (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
5. (mathematics) Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form y = ax + b .
6. (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

   a linear meter

Related terms

Translations

• French: linéaire
• German: linear
• Italian: lineare
• Portuguese: linear
• Russian: лине́йный
• Spanish: lineal

Translations

• Spanish: lineal

Translations

• Russian: после́довательный

Translations

• Spanish: lineal

Translations

• French: linéaire
• German: linear
• Italian: lineare
• Portuguese: linear
• Russian: лине́йный
• Spanish: lineal

Translations

• German: linear
• Russian: линейный
• Spanish: unidimensional

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Linear

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Proper noun

1. (astronomy) 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.

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LINEAR

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Proper noun

1. (astronomy) Initialism of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.

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