linearly

English

Etymology

From linear +‎ -ly.

Adverb

linearly (comparative more linearly, superlative most linearly)

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

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

   • 2016, Tania Bakhos, Peter Kitanidis, Scott Ladenheim, Arvind K. Saibaba, Daniel Szyld, “Multipreconditioned GMRES for Shifted Systems”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners.

5. (dance) Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.

Derived terms

• linearly dependent
• linearly independent

 

Translations

in a linear manner

• French: linéairement (fr)
• Russian: линейно (ru) (linejno)

in a straight line