linear

Speech parts

1. linear - Noun

2. linear - Adjective

3. linear - Adjective Satellite

4. Linear - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

one-dimensional running straight successive straightforward additive analogue rectilinear elongate analog sequential collinear pied translational line
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Antonyms

nonlinear cubic planar serpentine transverse crooked
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Phrases with the word

linear time-varying linear representation linear map linear system of measurement go non-linear intuitionistic linear logic

Anagrams

aliner lanier larine nailer Arline enrail Erlian Irelan renail

Examples

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi. Larry Wall

Time is only linear for engineers and referees. Craig Ferguson

I can see no practical application of molecular biology to human affairs... DNA is a tangled mass of linear molecules in which the informational content is quite inaccessible. Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. Ray Kurzweil

When we can build something like the Hubble telescope and fathom images of this vast cosmos of which we are a part, it really gives pause to wonder what and who we are within a larger framework than linear adventures at the shopping mall and taxes. Vanna Bonta

Our lives today are not conducted in linear terms. They are much more quantified; a stream of random events is taking place. J. G. Ballard

Close letter words and terms

lineament lineamental linean Linear A linear absorption coefficient linear accelerator