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LINEAR

\lˈɪni͡ə], \lˈɪni‍ə], \l_ˈɪ_n_iə]\

Definitions of LINEAR

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Pertaining to, or composed of, lines; narrow.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Threadlike.
Of or belonging to a line: consisting of or having the form of lines: straight.
LINEARLY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Threadlike.
Pertaining to or composed of lines.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Threadlike.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; like a line; slender Linear perspective, that which regards only the positions, magnitudes, and forms of objects.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Pathologists apply the epithet linear to fractures which are very narrow, and in which the fragments are scarcely separated.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Pertaining to, or resembling, a line.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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