linear

Plural: linears

Adjective

• Arranged in or extending along a straight line.
• designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
• of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
  • "a linear measurement"
• of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
  • "linear amplifier"

Adjective Satellite

• (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
• measured lengthwise

Adj

• Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
• Of or relating to lines.
• Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
• Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
• (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
• (of polynomials or polynomial equations)
• Involving only linear polynomials. See also Linear equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (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-linear map. See also linear map on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (of functions or maps)
• A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also Module homomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
• Delivered or delivering on a fixed schedule, as opposed to on-demand.

Noun

• Ellipsis of linear amplifier.

Examples

• 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.
• a linear medium
• a linear meter
• A truly LINEAR mind might pre-plan every move on the Words With Friends board.
• Linear television includes traditional over-the-air broadcasting, as well as much cable and satellite broadcasting.
• Linear television is dead or, at least, declining.
• linear TV, linear content, linear video, linear radio
• The graph of the linear equation y#61;ax#43;b is a straight line with slope a and y-intercept b
• 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.

Synonyms

additive, analog, analogue, elongate, one-dimensional, running, broadcast, lineal, linelike, tune-in

Antonyms

cubic, digital, nonlinear, planar, non-linear, on-demand, streaming

Related Words

LINEARLY

Anagrams of linear