linearizev.
/ˈlɪnɪərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈlɪniəˌraɪz/ transitive. To represent in a linear form; to transform into a linear figure; to make linear.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > linearity > make linear [verb (transitive)]
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > linearize [verb (transitive)]
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1895 Daily News 2 May 5/1 The Cretans used a symbol of a double axe-head, bipennis. They linearised this into an X with the top and bottom closed.
1895 Q. Rev. July 213 When the Northmen used the Tau for the hammer of Thor, they merely linearised a picture of a real hammer.
1957 L. Fox Numerical Solution Two-point Boundary Probl. iii. 48 The only practical method of general application seems to be to ‘linearize’ the equations and solve them by an iterative process.
1969 Physics Bull. Nov. 463/1 Analysis is made difficult by the nonlinearity of the governing equations; any attempt to introduce approximations which linearize them seems to result in a loss of the basic features of the flow.
1969 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 15 25 It was speculated..that the reason that languages had embedding transformations..was to ‘linearize’ or spread out in linear form the deeply embedded concoctions which the human mind can produce.
1970 J. Earl How to choose Tuners & Amplifiers iv. 93 This can..reduce the distortion and linearise the power response.
1973 Newnes Colour Television Servicing Man. I. ii. 57/1 One half of the double triode is concerned essentially with linearising the field scan by means of negative feedback.
Derivatives
ˌlineariˈzation n. the action or process of linearizing.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > mathematical treatment
linearization1896
mathematization1908
mathematicization1938
embedding1939
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > linearity > [noun] > making linear
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1896 A. J. Evans in Academy 13 June 494/1 Characters of a type representing the linearisation of originally pictographic characters.
1938 Proc. Physico-Math. Soc. Japan XX. 319 A method of linearization of wave equations for the electron.
1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics iii. 94 Linearisation is a familiar trick in physics.
1973 Physics Bull. Oct. 606/1 Since the output from the digital ratemeter is nonlinear with load, it is necessary to use a short integrating time (about 0·1 s) in the ratemeter to obtain a true load signal after linearization.
ˈlinearized adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > made linear
linearized1962
1962 W. B. Thompson Introd. Plasma Physics ii. 10 Then we obtain the linearized, approximate equations.
1968 N. Chomsky & M. Halle Sound Pattern Eng. 391 What we have so far defined is simply a linearized version of rules of the form we have been discussing all along.
ˈlinearizer n. that which linearizes, esp. a device which linearizes the response of a measuring instrument or other mechanism.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > electronic instruments > [noun] > device giving linear response
linearizer1973
1973 Physics Bull. Dec. 745/1 The system is precalibrated for particular applications and has a built-in linearizer.
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