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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

linearly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English linearly From linear + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a linear manner.
  2. In a straight line.
  3. Sequentially in time; chronologically.
  4. In the manner of a linear function.
    • Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners. 2016, Tania Bakhos, Peter Kitanidis, Scott Ladenheim, Arvind K. Saibaba, Daniel Szyld, “Multipreconditioned GMRES for Shifted Systems”, in arXiv:
    • The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added.
  5. Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.

Forms

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most linearly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more linearly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

centrolinearly · linearly dependent · trilinearly · isolinearly · linearly independent

Translations (2)

fr linéairement (in a linear manner) · ru линейно (in a linear manner)