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trilinear

trilinear adjective: having, or bounded by, three lines.

Adjective

trilinear (not comparable)

  1. Having, or bounded by, three lines.
  2. Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable.

Noun

trilinear (plural trilinears)

  1. A triple (x, y, z) of the algebraic distances of a point to each side of a surrounding triangle

Synonyms of trilinear

Forms of trilinear

pluraltrilinears

Origin of trilinear

From tri- + linear.

Words formed from trilinear

  • trilinear coordinate
  • trilinear filtering
  • trilinear interpolation
  • trilinearity
  • trilinear line
  • trilinear polar
  • trilinear polarity
  • trilinear vertex matrix

Questions about trilinear

What does trilinear mean?
Trilinear means having, or bounded by, three lines.
What part of speech is trilinear?
Trilinear can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near trilinear in the dictionary

  1. trilerps
  2. trilete
  3. trilevel
  4. trilineage
  5. trilineages
  6. trilinear
  7. trilinear polarity
  8. trilinearities
  9. trilinearity
  10. trilinearly
  11. trilinears

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