linear function

noun

, Mathematics.

1. linear transformation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of linear function¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Distance covered when driving at a constant speed is a linear function!

From Slate

Engagement becomes a purely linear function of how often you share, which only encourages people to share more and more.

From Slate

This means that S is some linear function of s1, …, sn, but not a public linear function.

From Nature

There’s so much data crammed in our brains, it can be hard to sort through it and create a linear function out of all of the material that we’ve accumulated.

From Salon

Climatic suitability values were only calculated for each month, so to calculate suitability values for any given point in time we interpolated between the monthly values using a linear function.

From Nature