sublinear
/ˌsʌbˈlɪnɪə/adjective
1 Botany and Zoology. Almost linear.
2Of punctuation, diacritics, etc.: placed below the line of printing or writing. Opposed to superlinear.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in John Hill (bap. 1714, d. 1775), physician and actor. From sub- + linear.
- sit on one's arse
- sit on one's hands
- sit on someone's tail
- sit on the fence
- sitrep
- sit something out
- sits vac
- Sittang
- sittella
- sitter
- sit through
- sit tight
- sitting
- Sitting Bull
- sitting duck
- sitting room
- sitting target
- sitting tenant
- sitting trot
- situate
- situation
- situational
- situationally
- situation comedy
- situation ethics