In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
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Linear
//ˈlɪni.əɹ//
Synonyms for "linear" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescoordinate
5 entriesderived
95 entriesShowing 16 of 95 words.
has context
4 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
86 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- lineêr adj (having the form of a line)
- lineêr adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
- lineêr adj (physics: involving only one dimension)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γραμμικός adj (having the form of a line)
Belarusian
1 entries- ліне́йны adj (having the form of a line)
Bulgarian
4 entries- линеен adj (having the form of a line)
- линеен adj (of or relating to lines)
- линеен adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
- линеен adj (physics: involving only one dimension)
Catalan
2 entries- lineal adj (having the form of a line)
- linear adj (having the form of a line)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 线性 adj (having the form of a line)
Czech
1 entries- lineární adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Danish
3 entries- lige adj (having the form of a line)
- lineær adj (having the form of a line)
- lineær adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Dutch
1 entries- lineair adj (having the form of a line)
Faroese
1 entries- linjurættur adj (having the form of a line)
Finnish
4 entries- johdonmukainen adj (made in a step-by-step manner)
- lineaarinen adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
- lineaarinen adj (physics: involving only one dimension)
- suoraviivainen adj (having the form of a line)
French
2 entries- linéaire adj (having the form of a line)
- linéaire adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Galician
2 entries- lineal adj (having the form of a line)
- linear adj (having the form of a line)
German
4 entries- lineal adj (botany, of leaves: long and narrow)
- linealisch adj (botany, of leaves: long and narrow)
- linear adj (having the form of a line)
- linear adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Greek
2 entries- γραμμικός adj (having the form of a line)
- γραμμικός adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Hungarian
1 entries- vonalas adj (having the form of a line)
Icelandic
1 entries- línulegur adj (having the form of a line)
Indonesian
3 entries- linear adj (having the form of a line)
- linier adj (having the form of a line)
- segaris adj (having the form of a line)
Italian
2 entries- lineare adj (having the form of a line)
- lineare adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Latin
4 entries- dīrēctus adj (having the form of a line)
- gradārius adj (made in a step-by-step manner)
- līneālis adj (having the form of a line)
- līneālis adj (of or relating to lines)
Malay
4 entries- garis adj (of or relating to lines)
- garisan adj (of or relating to lines)
- kegarisan adj (of or relating to lines)
- kegarisanan adj (of or relating to lines)
Norwegian
2 entries- lineær adj (having the form of a line)
- lineær adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Polish
4 entries- linearny adj (having the form of a line)
- linearny adj (of or relating to lines)
- linearny adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
- linearny adj (physics: involving only one dimension)
Portuguese
2 entries- linear adj (having the form of a line)
- linear adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Russian
4 entries- лине́йный adj (having the form of a line)
- лине́йный adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
- линейный adj (physics: involving only one dimension)
- одномерный adj (physics: involving only one dimension)
Spanish
4 entries- lineal adj (having the form of a line)
- lineal adj (of or relating to lines)
- lineal adj (botany, of leaves: long and narrow)
- lineal adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Swedish
3 entries- lineär adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
- linjär adj (having the form of a line)
- linjär adj (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
Turkish
2 entries- doğrusal adj (having the form of a line)
- lineer adj (having the form of a line)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ліні́йний adj (having the form of a line)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Is the system linear?
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He's an eccentric man who thought that time was not linear.
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This system of linear equations has infinitely many solutions.
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