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unilinear

unilinear adjective: made up of one single line.

Adjective

unilinear (comparative more unilinear, superlative most unilinear)

  1. Made up of one single line.
    • Despite examining a few apparently positive indicators of change, and relaying the sense that Cuban sexual ideology was not static, we tried not to assert any definite or unilinear trend.1984 December 8, Richard Turits, Laura Gotkowitz, “Some Clarifications”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 4

Forms of unilinear

comparativemore unilinear
superlativemost unilinear

Origin of unilinear

From uni- + linear.

Words formed from unilinear

Questions about unilinear

What does unilinear mean?
Unilinear means made up of one single line.
What part of speech is unilinear?
Unilinear is an adjective.

Words near unilinear in the dictionary

  1. uniline
  2. unilineage
  3. unilineal
  4. unilineal evolution
  5. unilineality
  6. unilinear
  7. unilinear evolution
  8. unilinearity
  9. unilinearly
  10. Unilingua
  11. unilingual

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