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Definition

relating to a line

The exact meaning of linear can depend upon its context. For example:

"linear foot" — measured along a straight line (in one dimension)
"linear arrangement" — placed along a straight line
"linear thinking" — in a clear, straightforward sequence
"linear programming" — describing a proportional relationship that can be graphed with a straight line (described mathematically as an equation whose terms are of the first degree)

a linear measurement

linear = relating to a line

Frequently, there's a linear relationship between effort and results.
The book is written linearly, but the screenplay made heavy use of flashbacks.
linear amplifier
It had grown linear again, like a horse crossing a field.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
A powerful disturbance is moving through the flame, leaving a linear trail in the light, like a cosmic ray fired through a cloud chamber.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
There below her was the same row of identical houses they had seen before, and beyond these the linear buildings of the city.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
The second, even more intriguing implication of this, is that nicotine addiction isn't a linear phenomenon.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
Or how about a linear accelerator, just a small one so I can split a few atoms?
Rodman Philbrick -- Freak the Mighty
The path of the bullet was all very linear and neat.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
Maybe, in heaven, time isn't linear.
Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real
The experts have been telling me recovery is not always linear, but I'm a natural skeptic and, besides, Nathaniel is making progress.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
He was linear, solemn, and had a pensive air and the sadness of a Saracen and a mournful glow on his face that was the color of autumn.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- One Hundred Years of Solitude
1 was mad, really mad, as Zack shrunk his linear brown body down onto the sofa.
Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
Which is drawn linearly, long and narrow.
Gary D. Schmidt -- Okay for Now
In some instances, to the quick, observant eye, those linear marks, as in a veritable engraving, but afford the ground for far other delineations.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
The Stanford Linear Accelerator 3-Day Particle-Smashing Diet.
Don DeLillo -- White Noise
He could read and write in twenty-two of them though there wasn't much chance to practice his Linear B, cuneiform or hieroglyphics these days.
Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
Although the altar layout resembled that of a linear Christian chapel, the furnishings were stark and cold, bearing none of the traditional ornamentation.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
Shay looked at me as if I were the one who couldn't follow a linear conversation.
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart

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