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Adjektiivi

1. Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
2. Of or relating to lines.
3. Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
4. (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
5. (mathematics) (of polynomials or polynomial equations)
6. (of a polynomial) Having degree one; that is, being of the form a_1x_1 + a_2x_2 + \cdots + a_nx_n +b, where each x_i is a variable. See also
7. (of a polynomial equation) Involving only linear polynomials. See also
8. (mathematics) (of functions or maps)
9. (of a function between vector spaces) An additive, homogeneous mapping; that is, a function f:V → W is linear if it distributes over vector addition (f(\mathbf{v} + \mathbf{w}) = f(\mathbf{v}) + f(\mathbf{w})) and respects scalar multiplication (f(c\mathbf{v}) = cf(\mathbf{v})). If V and W are vector spaces over a field K, f may also be called a K-linear map. See also
10. (of a function over a module) A module homomorphism; that is, a group homomorphism that commutes with scalar multiplication. See also
11. (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
12. (media, of video and audio) Delivered or delivering on a fixed schedule, as opposed to on-demand.

Substantiivi

1. (radio slang) Ellipsis of linear amplifier.