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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lin•e•ar /ˈlɪniɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - of, made up of, resembling, or using lines:linear design.
- extended or arranged in a line:a linear series.
- Weights and Measuresinvolving length only:linear measurements.
lin•e•ar•ly, adv. See -lin-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lin•e•ar (lin′ē ər),USA pronunciation adj. - of, consisting of, or using lines:linear design.
- pertaining to or represented by lines:linear dimensions.
- extended or arranged in a line:a linear series.
- Weights and Measuresinvolving measurement in one dimension only;
pertaining to length:linear measure. - Fine Artof or pertaining to the characteristics of a work of art in which forms and rhythms are defined chiefly in terms of line.
- having the form of or resembling a line:linear nebulae.
- [Math.]
- Mathematicsconsisting of, involving, or describable by terms of the first degree.
- Mathematicshaving the same effect on a sum as on each of the summands:a linear operation.
- Electronicsdelivering an output that is directly proportional to the input:a linear circuit; a linear amplifier.
- Botanythreadlike;
narrow and elongated:a linear leaf.
- Latin līneāris of, belonging to lines. See line1, -ar1
- 1635–45
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