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noun, plural lin·e·ar·i·ties.
1.
the property, quality, or state of being linear.
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Electronics. the measure of the extent to which a certain response is directly proportional to the applied excitation.
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Linearity
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
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| linear (ˈlɪnɪə) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, in, along, or relating to a line |
| 2. | of or relating to length |
| 3. | resembling, represented by, or consisting of a line or lines |
| 4. | having one dimension |
| 5. | Compare painterly designating a style in the arts, esp painting, that obtains its effects through line rather than colour or light and in which the edges of forms and planes are sharply defined |
| 6. | maths of or relating to the first degree: a linear equation |
| 7. | narrow and having parallel edges: a linear leaf |
| 8. | electronics |
| a. (of a circuit, etc) having an output that is directly proportional to input: linear amplifier | |
| b. having components arranged in a line | |
| [C17: from Latin līneāris of or by means of lines] | |
| linearity | |
| —n | |
| 'linearly | |
| —adv | |
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