Meaning

10 senses
  1. Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.

    linear

    лине́йныйlinéjnyj

    ліні́йнийliníjnyj

    of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension

  2. Of or relating to lines.

  3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.

    a linear medium

    после́довательныйposlédovatelʹnyj

  4. Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

    linealisch, lineal

    (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

  5. (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

    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.

  6. Involving only linear polynomials. See also Linear equation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    The graph of the linear equation y#61;ax#43;b is a straight line with slope a and y-intercept b

    linear

    лине́йныйlinéjnyj

    designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

  7. (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

    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.

  8. A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also Module homomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

  9. A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

    a linear meter

    linear

    линейныйlinejnyj, одномерныйodnomernyj

  10. Delivered or delivering on a fixed schedule, as opposed to on-demand.

    linear TV, linear content, linear video, linear radio

    Linear television is dead or, at least, declining.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Tom loves non-linear differential equations.

    Том обожнює нелінійні диференціальні рівняння.

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  2. Kathleen is studying linear algebra.

    Кетлін вивчає лінійну алгебру.

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  3. Grief is not linear or predictable.

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  4. This system of linear equations has infinitely many solutions.

    ruУ этой системы линейных уравнений есть бесконечно много решений.

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  5. This system of linear equations has exactly one solution.

    ruУ этой системы линейных уравнений есть ровно одно решение.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having the form of a line:
Русский
By meaning 3
having the form of a line:
made in a step-by-step manner:
physics: involving only one dimension:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
having the form of a line:
botany, of leaves: long and narrow:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent

Borrowed from Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent to line + -ar. Doublet of lineal.

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Forms

more linear, most linear
Comparativemore linear Lesson
Superlativemost linear Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension:one-dimensional
  • designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree:additive
  • measured lengthwise:running
  • (of a leaf shape) long and narrow:elongate
  • of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input:analogueanalog

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

80 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
linear — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto