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Table of contents
1 Etymology
2 English

2.1 Adjective

2.1.1 Translations

2.2 Related Terms

2.2.1 See also

2.3 Proper Noun
2.4 Acronym

Etymology

From Latin linea, line, + adjective suffix -aris

English

Adjective

linear

  1. Having the form of a line.
  2. (Mathematics) of a class of polynomial of the form <math> y = a.x + b <math>

Translations

Related Terms

See also

Proper Noun

Linear

  1. (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 [1]) Sometimes spelled LINEAR.

Acronym

LINEAR

  1. (Astronomy) Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.

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