noun
Meaning 1
The state of being linear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
linearity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌlɪniˈæɹəti/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌlɪniˈæɹəti/
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Canada, General-American: [ˌlɪniˈæɹəɾi]
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Canada, General-American: [ˌlɪniˈæɹɾi]
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rhymes with -æɹɪti
noun
Meaning 2
A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the property of having one dimension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: one-dimensionality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dimensionality
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English linearity From linear + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: linéarité — state of being linear
- Greek: γραμμικότητα (grammikótita) — state of being linear
- Irish: líneacht — state of being linear
- Japanese: 直線性 (chokusensei) — state of being linear
- Portuguese: linearidade — state of being linear
- Russian: лине́йность (linéjnostʹ) — state of being linear
- Spanish: linealidad — state of being linear
- Swedish: linearitet — state of being linear
- Chinese Mandarin: 線性性 /线性性 (xiànxìngxìng) — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- French: linéarité — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Greek: γραμμικότητα (grammikótita) — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Icelandic: línuleiki — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Irish: líneacht — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Japanese: 線形性 (senkeisei) — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Portuguese: linearidade — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Russian: лине́йность (linéjnostʹ) — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Spanish: linealidad — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Swedish: linearitet — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it
- Swedish: linjäritet — proportionality or a mathematical property analogous to it