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log-linear

log-linear adjective: being or relating to a mathematical model that takes the form of a function whose logarithm is a linear combination of the parameters of the model, making it possible to apply (possibly multivariate) linear regression.

Adjective

log-linear (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a mathematical model that takes the form of a function whose logarithm is a linear combination of the parameters of the model, making it possible to apply (possibly multivariate) linear regression.

Forms of log-linear

alternative formloglinear

Questions about log-linear

What does log-linear mean?
Log-linear means being or relating to a mathematical model that takes the form of a function whose logarithm is a linear combination of the parameters of the model, making it possible to apply (possibly multivariate) linear regression.
What part of speech is log-linear?
Log-linear is an adjective.

Words near log-linear in the dictionary

  1. log-glass
  2. log-glasses
  3. log-in
  4. log-ins
  5. log-lin
  6. log-linear
  7. log-log
  8. log-log paper
  9. log-logistic
  10. log-normal distribution
  11. log-normal distributions

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