superlinear en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From super- + linear.
Meanings
- Above a line.
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(especially) Describing a function (or rate of growth, etc) that eventually grows faster than any linear one.
[…] in their study of Mono (a F/OSS implementation of Microsoft's .NET services, libraries and interfaces), their measurements indicate superlinear growth rate in the code size and the number of code updates that are committed […]
2006, Nazim H. Madhavji, Juan Fernandez-Ramil, Dewayne Perry, Software Evolution and Feedback: Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 187:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most superlinear | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more superlinear | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (2)
ru сверхлине́йный (describing a function that eventually grows faster than any linear one) · no superlineær (describing a function that eventually grows faster than any linear one)