- of or in lines
- In his art he broke the laws of scientific linear perspective.
- going from one thing to another in a single series of stages
- Students do not always progress in a linear fashion.
- The author abandons the conventions of linear narrative and normal chronology.
- of length
- linear measurement (= for example metres, feet, etc.)
- (mathematics) able to be represented by a straight line on a graph
- linear equations
- (of television) broadcast and watched at regular times according to a schedule
- People are watching linear TV much less these days, preferring on-demand platforms like Netflix.
- the simplicity of traditional linear channel programming
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin linearis, from linea ‘a line’.
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