linear

Meaning

Adjective

• Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course.
• Of or relating to lines.
• Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner.
• Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
• Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form $y\; =\; ax\; +\; b$.
• A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension .

Related

Opposite words

• nonlinear

Origin

• From Latin līneāris, from līnea + -āris (adjectival suffix). lineal.