Definition of Linar
Lin"e*ar (-&esl;*&etilde;r), a. [L.
linearis, linearius, fr. linea line: cf. F.
linéaire. See 3d Line.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight
direction; lineal.
2. (Bot.) Like a line; narrow; of the
same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a
linear leaf.
Linear differential equation (Math.),
an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression
which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent
variable and its differential coefficients. -- Linear
equation (Math.), an equation of the first
degree between two variables; -- so called because every such
equation may be considered as representing a right line. --
Linear measure, the measurement of length.
-- Linear numbers (Math.), such numbers
as have relation to length only: such is a number which represents
one side of a plane figure. If the plane figure is a square, the
linear figure is called a root. -- Linear
problem (Geom.), a problem which may be solved
geometrically by the use of right lines alone. -- Linear
transformation (Alg.), a change of variables
where each variable is replaced by a function of the first degree in
the new variable.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- having the form of a line; straight.
- (Mathematics) of a class of polynomial of the form y = a.x + b .
- (Mathematics) an approximation to first order.
- (Physics) a type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as contrasted with a higher-dimensional measurement such as area or volume).
Linear- (astronomy) A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program in New Mexico. (See ) Sometimes spelled LINEAR.
LINEAR- (Astronomy) Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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