Synonyms for linear
ˈlɪn i ərlin·ear

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1. linear

   Synonyms:
   direct, straight, rectilinear

   Antonyms:
   incurved, divergent, collateral, lateral, curvilinear, zigzag

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1. linear, additiveadjective

   designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

   Synonyms:
   analogue, elongate, analog, additive, running(a), one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   brick-shaped, nonlinear, cubic, boxlike, placoid, platelike, cubical, cuboid, two-dimensional, boxy, three-dimensional, flat, coplanar, box-shaped, planar, cubiform, tabular, compound, cuboidal, cubelike, cube-shaped, isometric, blocky, crosswise, blockish, planate, flattened, solid

2. linear, one-dimensionaladjective

   of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension

   "a linear measurement"

   Synonyms:
   analogue, unidimensional, running(a), additive, elongate, analog, one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   planate, tabular, cuboidal, blocky, placoid, three-dimensional, isometric, crosswise, blockish, boxlike, flattened, box-shaped, flat, boxy, platelike, brick-shaped, cubical, planar, cube-shaped, nonlinear, cubiform, cuboid, compound, two-dimensional, cubelike, cubic, coplanar, solid

3. analogue, analog, linearadjective

   of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

   "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"

   Synonyms:
   analogue, elongate, additive, running(a), analog, one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   cuboid, coplanar, crosswise, cubic, cubelike, placoid, cube-shaped, tabular, planar, nonlinear, blockish, brick-shaped, two-dimensional, flattened, platelike, flat, box-shaped, boxlike, solid, planate, isometric, boxy, three-dimensional, compound, cubiform, blocky, cubical, cuboidal

4. linear, elongateadjective

   (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

   Synonyms:
   analogue, running(a), elongated, additive, elongate, analog, one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   box-shaped, nonlinear, flattened, planate, platelike, cubical, cuboid, cubiform, flat, placoid, cubic, coplanar, cuboidal, boxy, isometric, solid, cube-shaped, planar, two-dimensional, cubelike, crosswise, tabular, three-dimensional, brick-shaped, boxlike, blockish, blocky, compound

5. linear, running(a)adjective

   measured lengthwise

   "cost of lumber per running foot"

   Antonyms:
   blockish, cuboid, cubelike, compound, cubical, cuboidal, three-dimensional, planar, box-shaped, coplanar, flat, solid, flattened, isometric, placoid, brick-shaped, cubiform, boxy, platelike, blocky, cube-shaped, planate, crosswise, nonlinear, two-dimensional, tabular, boxlike, cubic

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1. • Electronics
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1. linearadjective

   Synonyms:
   lineal, in the direction of a line

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1. List of paraphrases for "linear":

   straight-line, across-the-board, lineal, nonlinear, non-linear

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1. Stephen Namara:

   In 1994, Signe Mayfield said in The Palo Alto Cultural Center: "A more contained approach to the figure is seen in the lyrical drawing Bend, 1991, by Stephen Namara. In contrast to Neri's expressionistic forms, Namara has depicted the calisthenic stance of the figure in a pure, linear arabesque. An ambient, white light heightens the seductive beauty of the drawing. Its resonance comes from its capacity to act as both an abstract calligraph and Lyrical representation".

2. Neil Gershenfeld:

   For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork.

3. Daniel Swain:

   The interesting piece here is that the effect of daily summer temperatures on fire appears to be non-linear, meaning that each additional degree of warming has a greater influence than the last, this is in line with other work suggesting that wildfire size and severity is increasing in a non-linear fashion in response to the increasing' vapor pressure deficit' — a measure of atmospheric' thirstiness' that is directly related to both humidity and temperature.

4. Brandon Riegg:

   Simply put, we know unscripted programming is hugely popular on linear TV, and has been that way for a long time, i think in our efforts to provide that sort of proper breadth and depth of options to the members, it makes sense to have unscripted programming be a part of that.

5. Justin Hochberg:

   We're not producing this for linear broadcast, we're building this thing for digital distribution, for interactivity, and for moments in show which are built like little clips that will channel through social media.