Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a line; straight.
- adj. In, of, describing, described by, or related to a straight line.
- adj. Having only one dimension.
- adj. Characterized by, composed of, or emphasizing drawn lines rather than painterly effects.
- adj. Botany Narrow and elongated with nearly parallel margins: a linear leaf.
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. A plane is said to be a linear locus, because of the first order; expansion, if considered in one dimension only, the others being neglected, is termed linear expansion.
- 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having the form of line; straight.
- adj. Of or relating to lines.
- adj. Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.
- adj. botany, of leaves Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
- adj. mathematics Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form .
- adj. physics A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
- adj. (Bot.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities.
- adj. Thinking in a step-by-step analytical and logical fashion; contrasted with
holistic , i.e. thinking in terms of complex interrelated patterns.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. measured lengthwise
- adj. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
- adj. of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
- adj. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
- adj. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
Etymologies
- From Latin linearis, from linea ("line") + -aris (adjectival suffix). (Wiktionary)
- Latin līneāris, from līnea, line; see line1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The term linear just means that each output bit of the mixing function is the XOR of several of the input bits.",”
“If you think in linear algebra terms, the linear system is the addition operator, and the non-linear system is the multiplier (cross product in this case):”
“Anthropologists get bound up in linear social progression to such an extent that knob-gourds are interpreted as meaning/representing all sorts of crazy things, when in reality they just make the wearer feel, you know, sexy.”
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“Add into the mix the fact that the story is not told in linear time the first half of the book is working backwards into history, while the second half works forwards into the future and you start to see the complexity of writing like this.”
“Astronomers really do measure the moisture content of the atmosphere in linear units (though not in hairs), because what they care about is the total amount of water above the telescope, not the humidity (and certainly not the relative humidity).”
“Analysis of discontinuities in linear memory indicate the effects of a large, quick EM pulse.”
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“The relationship between height and water pressure in linear and follows the relationship of 1 psi (pounds per square inch) = 2.308 feet of water (27. 7 inches) therefore a typical one-storey home with a roof tank mounted on the roof will have the water level in the tank approximately 4.5 metres (177.2 inches) above the ground.”
“This is said to show the true sequence of recorded events in linear time, presumably on the grounds that Spanish loan words and intrusions would become more common in later chronicles.”
“When numbers are spread out evenly on a ruler, the scale is called linear.”
“It allows fine-grain control over typographic attributes like leading and kerning, and has two modes: linear is displayed in the screenshot at right; check the web site to see what rotary looks like (the video is worth more words than I'm willing to type).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘linear’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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SCIE - mathematics
The most frequent words in the titles of mathematical books and journals (www.sciencedirect.com)
nonparametric, nonparametric sta..., multivariate anal..., partial different..., multivariate, topology, stochastic, differential equa..., linear algebra, harmonic analysis, applied mathematics, combinatorial and 205 more...
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Leaves
phyllodial, phyllodium, phyllodineous, leaf, lamina, petiole, stoma, cuticle, stomata, apex, vein, craspedodromous and 122 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morph...
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1348 more...
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MUSIC - jazz
Afro, habanera, pentatonic scale, bop, bebop, jazz, cool jazz, pentatonic, malignment, music genre, jazz musician, syncopate and 437 more...
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Words That Positively Describe Furniture
Trying to say something nice to a chesterfield? Here are some suggestions:
crafted, designer, solid, ephemeral, classic, versatile, comfortable, innovative, sturdy, lightweight, colorfast, graceful and 26 more...
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POL - mathematics
Mathematical metaphors in political discourse
integrate, table, modular, member, modal, additive, product, unit, element, metric, sector, compute and 54 more...
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Visual Design
Words used in the visual design field
aethetics, composition, harmony, entropy, dissonance, concrete, line, invention, linear, mass, motion, order and 24 more...
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Words I like
There's nothing more to this list, really.
lily, defenestrate, gloaming, aesthetically, melody, translucent, semiotics, wistful, linear, origami, plethora, schadenfreude and 92 more...
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Necessary?
"Words are very..."
The above was the original description for this list. Unfortunately, it doesn't convey much about the list contents.
I'm leaving you to draw your own conclusions abo...supererogation, fruitcake, unbeknownst, melifluous, bane, cavy, unnecessary, lyrical, question, undertow, weapon, arduous and 200 more...
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Misc. Words.
Words I like to use, words I like but may forget.
corrosion, astonish, solace, ferment, continuum, kinesthetic, permeate, repose, caprice, cardinal, discourse, surrender and 610 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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cosmogyral's Words
cosmogyral, alphabetical, spyglass, cogwheel, eyelids, opening, magnanimous, anglican, infrared, spectacular, lithograph, echinacea and 8 more...
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Reflexive words
Words that describe themselves (at least as displayed below). Also called autological or homological words, as listed by dann and tthorley.
sereneness, undulate, fidgety, fijiti, narrow, this, splendacious, ugly, short, terse, sesquipedalian, spellable and 67 more...
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CandyComa's list
CRAZY RANDOM
terrakinesis, condom, std, mom, your mom, death, headstone, ouroboros, lsd, tumor, onomatopoeia, candy and 23 more...
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