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Synonyms for linear
ˈlɪn i ərlin·ear
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
linear
Synonyms:
direct, straight, rectilinearAntonyms:
incurved, divergent, collateral, lateral, curvilinear, zigzag
Princeton's WordNet
linear, additiveadjective
designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
Synonyms:
analogue, elongate, analog, additive, running(a), one-dimensionalAntonyms:
brick-shaped, nonlinear, cubic, boxlike, placoid, platelike, cubical, cuboid, two-dimensional, boxy, three-dimensional, flat, coplanar, box-shaped, planar, cubiform, tabular, compound, cuboidal, cubelike, cube-shaped, isometric, blocky, crosswise, blockish, planate, flattened, solidlinear, one-dimensionaladjective
of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension
"a linear measurement"
Synonyms:
analogue, unidimensional, running(a), additive, elongate, analog, one-dimensionalAntonyms:
planate, tabular, cuboidal, blocky, placoid, three-dimensional, isometric, crosswise, blockish, boxlike, flattened, box-shaped, flat, boxy, platelike, brick-shaped, cubical, planar, cube-shaped, nonlinear, cubiform, cuboid, compound, two-dimensional, cubelike, cubic, coplanar, solidanalogue, analog, linearadjective
of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
"analogue device"; "linear amplifier"
Synonyms:
analogue, elongate, additive, running(a), analog, one-dimensionalAntonyms:
cuboid, coplanar, crosswise, cubic, cubelike, placoid, cube-shaped, tabular, planar, nonlinear, blockish, brick-shaped, two-dimensional, flattened, platelike, flat, box-shaped, boxlike, solid, planate, isometric, boxy, three-dimensional, compound, cubiform, blocky, cubical, cuboidallinear, elongateadjective
(of a leaf shape) long and narrow
Synonyms:
analogue, running(a), elongated, additive, elongate, analog, one-dimensionalAntonyms:
box-shaped, nonlinear, flattened, planate, platelike, cubical, cuboid, cubiform, flat, placoid, cubic, coplanar, cuboidal, boxy, isometric, solid, cube-shaped, planar, two-dimensional, cubelike, crosswise, tabular, three-dimensional, brick-shaped, boxlike, blockish, blocky, compoundlinear, running(a)adjective
measured lengthwise
"cost of lumber per running foot"
Antonyms:
blockish, cuboid, cubelike, compound, cubical, cuboidal, three-dimensional, planar, box-shaped, coplanar, flat, solid, flattened, isometric, placoid, brick-shaped, cubiform, boxy, platelike, blocky, cube-shaped, planate, crosswise, nonlinear, two-dimensional, tabular, boxlike, cubic
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
linearadjective
Synonyms:
lineal, in the direction of a line
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "linear":
straight-line, across-the-board, lineal, nonlinear, non-linear
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#783 | direct | |
#2442 | straight | |
#3317 | linear | |
#5167 | analog | |
#12098 | nonlinear | |
#14826 | analogue | |
#17128 | additive | |
#29652 | elongated | |
#62038 | elongate | |
#67903 | lineal | |
#89839 | rectilinear | |
#194235 | unidimensional |
How to use linear in a sentence?
For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork.
Progression isn’t always linear, you might not get better for a period, but just trust your program and stay consistent.
Simply put, we know unscripted programming is hugely popular on linear TV, and has been that way for a long time, i think in our efforts to provide that sort of proper breadth and depth of options to the members, it makes sense to have unscripted programming be a part of that.
We don't believe trying to replace linear TV is the right thing, we don't think the initial model we saw in Intel Media with $80 broadband and $80 content was one we could win at, particularly with all of the clutter and noise in that same space.
Supply chains have evolved into value webs. The emphasis is no longer only on supply and the perspective is no longer linear. Instead, emphasis is spread out among various interconnected parts and the perspective is holistic. In order to adapt, we have to ask ourselves more meaningful questions about everything.
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- lineêrAfrikaans
- خطيArabic
- lineárníCzech
- lineærDanish
- linearGerman
- γραμμικόςGreek
- unidimensional, linealSpanish
- johdonmukainen, tasasoukka, lineaarinen, suoraviivainenFinnish
- linéaireFrench
- lineareItalian
- linear, kegarisan, kegarisanan, garisan, garisMalay
- lineærNorwegian
- liniowyPolish
- последовательный, линейныйRussian
- lineär, linjärSwedish
- ரோவாகும்Tamil
- సరళTelugu
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