Linearly

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a linear manner.
  2. 2
    In a straight line.
  3. 3
    Sequentially in time; chronologically.
  4. 4
    In the manner of a linear function.

    "The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added."

  5. 5
    Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in a linear manner wordnet

Example

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"There are eight gluons. Six--modulo superposition--are sensible color-anticolor color swappers. The other two are fathomless mixtures that can only be described as the remaining linearly independent elements of the group of three-by-three complex unitary matrices with determinant one."

Etymology

From linear + -ly.

Related phrases

linearly dependentlinearly independent

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