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linearity

n. 1 The state of being linear. 2 (context mathematics English) A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.

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linearity

n. the property of having one dimension [syn: one-dimensionality]

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Linearity

In common usage, linearity refers to a mathematical relationship or function that can be graphically represented as a straight line, as in two quantities that are directly proportional to each other, such as voltage and current in an RLC circuit, or the mass and weight of an object.

Usage examples of "linearity".

The contours of speech are not always straight-line contours, and linearity is an essential assumption in our interpolation procedure.

In the inadequate present, one must struggle, battle and compete in linearity toward salvation, which is that point in which one has conquered and then owns and controls everything in the universe.

Yet where the order and linearity of sequential memory characterize the nineteenth-century novel, as the twentieth dawned, temporal order disintegrated.

Better to submit to the linearities of time that the transition to maturity brings.

Better to submit to the linearities of time that the transition to maturity brings.

Should Abnethe fail in her connectives or attempt redefinition of essences, this could produce linearities open for my disentanglement.

Yet where the order and linearity of sequential memory characterize the nineteenth-century novel, as the twentieth dawned, temporal order disintegrated.