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linear function

noun

, Mathematics.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of linear function1

First recorded in 1855–60

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Example Sentences

The increase is very regular, and seems to be a linear function of the height.

The linear function, replicated in the use of the lever, was generalized in machines made of many levers.

Linearity: relation among dependent phenomena that can be described through a linear function.

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linear extrapolationlinear independence

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