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Phrases 93
- linear algebraThe branch of mathematics that deals with vectors, vector spaces, linear transformations and systems of linear equations.
- linear regressionA linear equation for deriving a single predicted value from one or more known explanatory values.
- linear programmingThe branch of mathematics concerned with the minimization or maximization of a linear function of several variables and inequalities; used in many branches of industry to minimize costs or maximize production.
- linear combinationa sum, each of whose summands is an appropriate vector times an appropriate scalar (or ring element)
- linear functionAny function whose graph is a straight line: f(x)=ax+b
- linear systemA mathematical model of a system based on the use of a linear operator.
- Linear BA syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek in the second millennium BC, before the invention of the Greek alphabet.
- linear equationsplural of linear equation: A polynomial equation of the first degree (such as x = 2y - 7)
- linear systemsplural of linear system: A mathematical model of a system based on the use of a linear operator.
- linear feetplural of linear foot: A unit of length equal to one foot long.
- linear timeThe time complexity, denoted O(n), of an algorithm whose running time increases at most linearly with the size of the input.
- Linear model
- linear logicA logic in which two structural rules are missing from its sequent calculus: those for weakening and contraction; which has some extra logical connectives, so that it has both "additive" and "multiplicative" versions of the typical binary …
- linear transformationA map between vector spaces which preserves the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication.
- linear equationA polynomial equation of the first degree (such as x = 2y - 7)
- linear perspectiveA form of geometric perspective in which parallel lines are represented as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance.
- linear formA linear functional.
- linear groupAny group that is isomorphic to a matrix group.
- linear independencethe state of being linearly independent
- linear operatorAn operator L such that for functions f and g and scalar λ, L (f + g) = L f + L g and L λf = λ L f.
- linear motorAn electric motor in which the equivalent of the stator and rotor are linear and parallel, normally one part is a vehicle and the other a track on which it moves
- linear ordertotal order
- linear TVAbbreviation of linear television: Conventional television viewed at the same time as transmission.
- linear densitymass per unit length
- linear dependenceThe state of being linearly dependent
Compound words 46
- curvilinearHaving bends; curved; curvilineal.
- linearizationThe modification of a system such that its output is linearly dependent on its input
- superlinearAbove a line.
- ortholinearOf a keyboard, having keys that are aligned in a perfect grid.
- semilinearDescribing equations involving both linear and nonlinear objects
- hyperlinearHaving unusually pronounced creases marking the skin.
- paralinearConsisting of the linear combination of different rate equations, each of which may or may not be linear.
- linearisationNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of linearization.
- antilinearDescribing a particular mapping of a complex vector space.
- linearismLinearity; a linear approach or organization.