| 单词 | linear |
| 释义 | linear (once / 3592 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj 4adj Something linear is like a line. The adjective usually refers to something that follows an expected order or sequence — like railroad tracks or even the progression of a disease. Drawn from the word line, something linear follows that concept, coming from the Latin līneāris, "belonging to a line." You might come across the word in mathematics, as in a "linear equation," or in electronics, with a "linear circuit." It also can be used to refer to a written work that follows a "linear narrative." If a movie has lots of flashbacks and happens out of order, it does not have a linear narrative. You might find such a movie puzzling but enjoyable, or you might prefer something some chronological and linear. WORD FAMILYlinear: interlinear, linearise, linearity, linearize, linearly, nonlinear+/interlineal: interlineally/line: lineal, linear, lineation, lined, linelike, liner, lines, lining, reline, underline/lineal: interlineal, lineally/linearity: linearities/lineation: lineations/lined: unlined/liner: liners/lining: linings/reline: relined, relining/underline: underlined, underlines, underlining USAGE EXAMPLESIn such a realm of skyscrapers, its 10 metres is nothing, just a squat linear scrap of rubble fit to be cleared. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) For many years, Dr. Drell was a key figure at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, a laboratory operated by the Energy Department. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) Representation in interactive media may be even more important than it is in linear entertainment. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 adj of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension 2a linear measurement Syn|Ant one-dimensional collinear lying on the same line linealarranged in a line linelikeresembling a line rectilineal, rectilinearcharacterized by a straight line or lines cubic, three-dimensional having three dimensions planar, two-dimensionalinvolving two dimensions blockish, blockyresembling a block in shape box-shaped, boxlike, boxyresembling a box in rectangularity brick-shapedshaped like a brick cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidalshaped like a cube isometricof a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles solidhaving three dimensions coplanarlying in the same plane flathaving a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness placoid, platelikeas the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks flattened, planatehaving been flattened tabularflat; like a table in form 1adj measured lengthwise Syn running lengthways, lengthwise running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing 2adj (of a leaf shape) long and narrow 3Syn elongate simple, unsubdivided (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions adj designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree 4Syn|Ant additive bilinear linear with respect to each of two variables or positions nonlinear designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree adj of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input linear amplifier Syn|Ant analog, analogue digital of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits |
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