linear

From Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix). Doublet of lineal.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.i.ɚ/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪn.i.ə/

linear (comparative more linear, superlative most linear)

1. Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
   • 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 4:

     The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken.

2. Of or relating to lines.
3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.

   a linear medium

4. (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
5. (mathematics) Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form ${\displaystyle y=ax+b}$.
6. (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

   a linear meter

• nonlinear

• (pertaining to length): areal, spacial, spatial
• (one-dimensional unit): cubic, square

linear (plural linears)

1. (radio slang) Ellipsis of linear amplifier..

• Arline, Erlian, Irelan, Lanier, aliner, enrail, lanier, larine, nailer, renail

From Latin līneāris.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /li.neˈa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /li.neˈaɾ/

linear (masculine and feminine plural linears)

1. linear

   Synonym: lineal

• línia

• “linear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “linear”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “linear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “linear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch lineair (“linear”), from French linéaire, from Latin līneāris.[1]

• IPA^(key): /liˈnɛar/
• Rhymes: -ar, -r
• Hyphenation: li‧nè‧ar

linèar

1. alternative spelling of linièr (“linear”)

• “linear” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Learned borrowing from Latin līneāris.

• Hyphenation: li‧ne‧ar

linear m or f (plural lineares)

1. linear (having the form of a straight line)
2. (mathematics) linear (being a first-degree polynomial)
3. linear (made in a step-by-step, logical manner)

• linha

• “linear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

linear m or n (feminine singular lineară, masculine plural lineari, feminine and neuter plural lineare)

1. Alternative form of liniar

• IPA^(key): /lineˈaɾ/ [li.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧ar

From Latin lineāris.

linear (plural lineares)

1. (botany) linear

• perspectiva linear

From Latin lineāre.

linear (first-person singular present lineo, first-person singular preterite lineé, past participle lineado)

1. to line
2. to outline, mark out

• lineamiento

• “linear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014