linear

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
adjective of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
adjective of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

Borrowed from Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix), equivalent to line + -ar. Doublet of lineal.

=cuarta=, f., palm (an old linear measure). — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
It was too far left field for his linear thinking. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
It is only in the smaller tribes that the pupil is vertically linear, when the full light causes it to contract. — Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals, R., Mrs. Lee

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