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Definition: The word linear comes from the Latin word linearis, which means created by lines.
Usage in mathematics:
- Linearity, a property;
- Linear code;
- Linear equation;
- Linear function;
- Linear programming, a type of optimization problem;
- Linear system;
- Linear transformation;
Usage in technology:
- Linear amplifier, a component of amateur radio equipment;
- Linear cryptanalysis, a form of cryptanalysis based;
- Linear element, part of an electric circuit;
- Linear medium, related to information storage and retrieval;
- Linear motor a type of electric motor;
- Linear phase, a property of an electronic filter;
- Linear Technology, an integrated circuit manufacturer;
- Linearity (computer and video games);
Other uses:
- leaf shape a term in botany;
- LINEAR, the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project;
- Linear A, one of two scripts used in ancient Crete;
- Linear B, a script that was used for writing Mycenaean, an early form of Greek;
- Linear narrative structure;
- Linear (group), a pop music group popular in the 1990s;
- Linear (album), their group's debut album
- Linear (film), a film that was released with the U2 album No Line on the Horizon;
- Linear molecular geometry in chemistry
- Linear motion, motion along a straight line;
- Linearity (writing), describing whether symbols in a writing system are composed of lines;
- A kind of typeface in the VOX-ATypI classification;
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