linear

Meanings

Plural: linears

Adjective

• 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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Anagrams of linear