"linear" meaning in English

See linear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ɚ/ [US], /ˈlɪn.i.ə/ [UK] Audio: En-us-linear.ogg [US] Forms: more linear [comparative], most linear [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent to line + -ar. Doublet of lineal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|līneāris}} Latin līneāris, {{m|la|līnea||line}} līnea (“line”), {{m|la|-āris}} -āris, {{suf|en|line|ar}} line + -ar, {{doublet|en|lineal}} Doublet of lineal Head templates: {{en-adj}} linear (comparative more linear, superlative most linear)
  1. Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course. Translations (having the form of a line): lineêr (Afrikaans), γραμμικός (grammikós) (Ancient Greek), ліне́йны (linjéjny) (Belarusian), линеен (lineen) (Bulgarian), lineal (Catalan), linear (Catalan), 线性 (xianxing) (Chinese Mandarin), lige (Danish), lineær (Danish), lineair (Dutch), linjurættur (Faroese), suoraviivainen (Finnish), linéaire (French), lineal (Galician), linear (Galician), linear (German), vonalas (Hungarian), línulegur (Icelandic), linear (Indonesian), linier (Indonesian), lineare (Italian), linearis (Latin), lineær (Norwegian), linearny (Polish), liniowy (Polish), linear (Portuguese), лине́йный (linéjnyj) (Russian), lineal (Spanish), linjär (Swedish), doğrusal (Turkish), lineer (Turkish), ліні́йний (liníjnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-9wtu0Djh Disambiguation of 'having the form of a line': 79 3 2 1 10 1 1 1 1
  2. Of or relating to lines. Translations (of or relating to lines): suoraviivainen (Finnish), linearis (Latin), garis (Malay), garisan (Malay), kegarisan (Malay), kegarisanan (Malay), linear (Malay), linearny (Polish), liniowy (Polish), lineal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-2iEYyVPJ Disambiguation of 'of or relating to lines': 3 87 2 1 1 1 2 2 1
  3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner. Translations (made in a step-by-step manner): suoraviivainen (Finnish), johdonmukainen (Finnish), после́довательный (poslédovatelʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-PSmlfLSx Disambiguation of 'made in a step-by-step manner': 2 2 83 2 3 3 3 2 2
  4. (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (botany, of leaves: long and narrow): tasasoukka (Finnish), lineal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-vZ44LikO Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'botany, of leaves: long and narrow': 2 3 4 60 6 7 7 8 4
  5. (mathematics) (of polynomials or polynomial equations)
    (of a polynomial) Having degree less than one; that is, being of the form a_1x_1+a_2x_2+⋯+a_nx_n, where each x_i is a variable and each a_i is a coefficient. See also Linear polynomials on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    Categories (topical): Mathematics, Curves, One
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-2nP-QlNS Disambiguation of Curves: 3 3 4 4 12 15 17 17 10 15 Disambiguation of One: 2 3 4 4 17 17 12 9 18 14 Categories (other): Polynomials Disambiguation of Polynomials: 0 1 1 3 27 27 6 8 8 19 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  6. (mathematics) (of polynomials or polynomial equations)
    (of a polynomial equation) Involving only linear polynomials. See also Linear equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    Categories (topical): Mathematics, Curves, One
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-8-SSA0i7 Disambiguation of Curves: 3 3 4 4 12 15 17 17 10 15 Disambiguation of One: 2 3 4 4 17 17 12 9 18 14 Categories (other): Polynomials Disambiguation of Polynomials: 0 1 1 3 27 27 6 8 8 19 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  7. (mathematics) (of functions or maps)
    (of a function between vector spaces) 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
    Categories (topical): Mathematics, Curves, One
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-NFqbUN7Z Disambiguation of Curves: 3 3 4 4 12 15 17 17 10 15 Disambiguation of One: 2 3 4 4 17 17 12 9 18 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  8. (mathematics) (of functions or maps)
    (of a function over a module) A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also Module homomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    Categories (topical): Mathematics, Curves
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-0sPthcjj Disambiguation of Curves: 3 3 4 4 12 15 17 17 10 15 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  9. (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume). Categories (topical): Physics, One Coordinate_terms (pertaining to length): areal, spacial, spatial Translations (physics: involving only one dimension): lineêr (Afrikaans), lineaarinen (Finnish), linear (German), linearny (Polish), liniowy (Polish), линейный (linejnyj) (Russian), одномерный (odnomernyj) (Russian), unidimensional (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-linear-en-adj-nqWS9ELw Disambiguation of One: 2 3 4 4 17 17 12 9 18 14 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'pertaining to length': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'physics: involving only one dimension': 1 1 3 4 7 22 8 8 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms (one-dimensional unit): cubic, square Translations (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial): lineêr (Afrikaans), линеен (lineen) (Bulgarian), lineární (Czech), lineær (Danish), lineaarinen (Finnish), linéaire (French), linear (German), γραμμικός (grammikós) (Greek), lineare (Italian), lineær (Norwegian), linearny (Polish), liniowy (Polish), linear (Portuguese), лине́йный (linéjnyj) (Russian), lineal (Spanish), linjär (Swedish), lineär (Swedish)

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪn.i.ɚ/ [US], /ˈlɪn.i.ə/ [UK] Audio: En-us-linear.ogg [US] Forms: linears [plural]
Etymology: From Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent to line + -ar. Doublet of lineal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|līneāris}} Latin līneāris, {{m|la|līnea||line}} līnea (“line”), {{m|la|-āris}} -āris, {{suf|en|line|ar}} line + -ar, {{doublet|en|lineal}} Doublet of lineal Head templates: {{en-noun}} linear (plural linears)
  1. (radio slang) Ellipsis of linear amplifier.. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Alternative form of: linear amplifier Categories (topical): Curves, One
    Sense id: en-linear-en-noun-o8v7~dP9 Disambiguation of Curves: 3 3 4 4 12 15 17 17 10 15 Disambiguation of One: 2 3 4 4 17 17 12 9 18 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ar, Polynomials Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 2 5 15 15 10 13 12 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 2 6 8 6 11 12 10 9 15 20 Disambiguation of Polynomials: 0 1 1 3 27 27 6 8 8 19 Topics: broadcasting, media, radio

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          "sense": "having the form of a line",
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "having the form of a line",
          "word": "línulegur"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having the form of a line",
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      "sense": "having the form of a line",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "having the form of a line",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xianxing",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "线性"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lige"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lineair"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linjurættur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "suoraviivainen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "having the form of a line",
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    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lineal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linear"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "grammikós",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "γραμμικός"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "vonalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "línulegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linear"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linier"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lineare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linearis"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lineær"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linearny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "liniowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "linéjnyj",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "лине́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lineal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "linjär"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "doğrusal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "lineer"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "liníjnyj",
      "sense": "having the form of a line",
      "word": "ліні́йний"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
      "word": "suoraviivainen"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
      "word": "linearis"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
      "word": "garis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
      "word": "garisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
      "word": "kegarisanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
      "word": "linear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to lines",
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "made in a step-by-step manner",
      "word": "suoraviivainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "made in a step-by-step manner",
      "word": "johdonmukainen"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "botany, of leaves: long and narrow",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
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    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "линеен"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "lineární"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "lineær"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "lineaarinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "linéaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "linear"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "lineare"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "lineær"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
      "word": "linear"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "physics: involving only one dimension",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physics: involving only one dimension",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physics: involving only one dimension",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physics: involving only one dimension",
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}

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