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Meanings of linear in English

Portuguese
analógico

Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.

analógico
Portuguese
unidimensional
Catalan
lineal
Spanish
lineal

Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension.

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unidimensional
Catalan
lineal
Spanish
lineal

Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree.

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lineal

(Of a leaf shape) long and narrow.

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Usage of linear in English
1
Increasing resource pressures mean that a linear economy is no longer sustainable.
The Guardian
2
Education once took a fairly linear route: primary, secondary, college and work.
The Irish Times
3
Mixed linear regression was used to examine group differences in quality scores.
Pubmed
4
However, the correlation between gas pipelines and political positions is not linear.
The Guardian
5
Point estimates were compared with results from a linear model using REML.
Pubmed
6
Here is the mass per number of sheets with a linear fit.
Wired
7
A mixed-effects model and linear regression approach were used for the GWAS.
Pubmed
8
The trends and the changes were calculated using general linear model procedures.
Pubmed
9
Data were analyzed using two-sample t test and linear mixed-effects model analysis.
Pubmed
10
We present a linear-response approach for time-dependent density-functional theories using time-adiabatic functionals.
Pubmed
11
Results: Micronucleus formation was approximately linear with dose up to 15 Gy.
Pubmed
12
This may be expressed as a linear combination of specific outcome measures.
Pubmed
13
Log-linear modeling identified higher order associations among some of these same malformations.
Pubmed
14
I am saying straight means that the floor is a linear function.
Wired
15
You have three days before the concept of linear time becomes obsolete.
Monster Hunter International
16
These were given in linear perspective; of aerial perspective there was none.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and...
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Translations for linear
Linear through the time
Linear across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare