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linearly

linearly adverb: in a linear manner.

Adverb

linearly (comparative more linearly, superlative most linearly)

  1. In a linear manner.
  2. In a straight line.
  3. Sequentially in time; chronologically.
  4. In the manner of a linear function.
    • The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added.
    • Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners.2016, Tania Bakhos, Peter Kitanidis, Scott Ladenheim, Arvind K. Saibaba, Daniel Szyld, “Multipreconditioned GMRES for Shifted Systems”, in arXiv
  5. Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally.

linearly meaning in Tamil and Bengali

linearly in Tamil

நேரியலான

linearly in Bengali

রৈখিক ভাবে, সরলরেখায়, পর্যায়ক্রমে সময়ের সাথে, কালানুক্রমিক ভাবে, পার্শ্বীয়, তীর্যকভাবে না হয়ে

Examples of linearly in a sentence

  • Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
  • The force required to compress a spring varies linearly with the displacement.
  • A vector space is a set of vectors which can be linearly combined.

All 19 example sentences with linearly

Forms of linearly

comparativemore linearly
superlativemost linearly

Origin of linearly

From linear + -ly.

Words formed from linearly

Questions about linearly

What does linearly mean?
Linearly means in a linear manner.
What is linearly in Tamil?
Linearly in Tamil is நேரியலான. See Linearly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is linearly?
Linearly is an adverb.

Words near linearly in the dictionary

  1. linearized
  2. linearizer
  3. linearizers
  4. linearizes
  5. linearizing
  6. linearly
  7. linearly dependent
  8. linearly independent
  9. linearmycin
  10. linearmycins
  11. linearoid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: linearly (page history and authors); linearly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); linearly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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