linearly
/ˈlɪnɪəli
/adverb
1In a straight or nearly straight line: the house is a longish structure with rooms linearly arranged...
- Reminiscent of the tarot, the cards can be read linearly in any direction.
- The road between London and Bath was typical of a main route formed linearly.
- Dr Wotowic explained that most people view the world linearly and horizontally and that 90% of surgery is linear.
1.1Using lines or outlines: a linearly designed blow-moulder...
- The edge of any form is described as a line; therefore, an object with many edges can be drawn linearly.
1.2In a way that involves one dimension only: a linearly elastic material...
- Women's cholesterol rises more or less linearly through their adult life.
- The tendon pulled out linearly, along the fiber orientation.
- These results show that the structure is unsafe and uneconomic when designed linearly without considering cracking.
1.3 Mathematics In a way that can be represented by a straight line on a graph: the distribution (when plotted linearly) is broad and asymmetric...
- As the price of solar cells decreases linearly the demand for solar cells increases by orders of magnitude.
- While revenues for Internet companies can grow exponentially, operating costs tend to grow linearly.
- The steps outlined in the streaming process can be presented linearly.
1.4 Mathematics In a way that involves or exhibits directly proportional change in two related quantities: side effects increase linearly with dosage growth rate is linearly related to temperature...
- Pupal mass is affected by growth rate and temperature, and is strongly and linearly correlated with total egg production.
- Crop growth rate is approximately linearly related to daily light integral.
- Benefits depend linearly on the contribution rate.
2In a way that progresses from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequentially: each individual must proceed linearly through each task spoken language proceeds linearly, one word after another...
- In the textbook situation, the diagnosis proceeds logically and linearly to a specific formula.
- Traditional, commercially supported media linearly presents content in bite-sized morsels.
- His flights of fancy occur primarily as dream sequences and flashbacks, leaving room for the plot to linearly unfold.