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- line-up/ˈlaɪn ʌp/A row or arrangement of people or things assembled for a particular purpose, such as identification, inspection, or performance.nounverbB2
- lineage/ˈlɪn.i.ɪdʒ/Direct descent from an ancestor or ancestral line; ancestry, pedigree.nounC1
- lineament/ˈlɪn.i.ə.mənt/A distinctive feature or characteristic of a face or landscape, especially relating to its contours or outline.nounC2 (Very low frequency, literary/formal)
- linear a/ˌlɪn.i.ər ˈeɪ/An undeciphered writing system used in ancient Crete from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE.nounLow
- linear accelerator/ˈlɪnɪə(r) əkˈseləreɪtə(r)/A device that uses electric fields to accelerate charged particles in a straight line to very high speeds.nounC1-C2
- linear algebra/ˌlɪn.i.ər ˈæl.dʒɪ.brə/The branch of mathematics concerning vector spaces and linear mappings between them, involving vectors, matrices, systems of linear equations, and transformations.nounC1/C2
- linear b/ˌlɪn.i.ə ˈbiː/A syllabic script used in Mycenaean Greece during the Late Bronze Age (c. 1400–1200 BC) to write an early form of the Greek language, primarily for administrative purposes.nounC1-C2 / Very Low
- linear collider/ˈlɪn.i.ə kəˈlaɪ.də/A type of particle accelerator in which two beams of particles travel in a straight line toward each other and collide.nounC2
- linear combination/ˈlɪnɪə ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən/In mathematics, an expression constructed from a set of terms by multiplying each term by a constant and adding the results (e.g., a₁x₁ + a₂x₂ + ... + aₙxₙ, where a are coefficients).nounLow
- linear dependence/ˌlɪnɪə dɪˈpɛndəns/In linear algebra, a relationship where a set of vectors can be expressed as a linear combination of one another, meaning at least one vector in the set is redundant.nounLow
- linear differential equation/ˌlɪn.i.ə ˌdɪf.əˌren.ʃəl ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/A type of mathematical equation that relates a function to its derivatives, where both the function and its derivatives appear only to the first power and are not multiplied together.nounLow
- linear equation/ˈlɪn.i.ər ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/An algebraic equation in which each term is either a constant or the product of a constant and a single variable, and whose graph is a straight line.nounC2
- linear extrapolation/ˌlɪn.i.ər ɪkˌstræp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/A mathematical method of estimating an unknown value by extending a known sequence of data points in a straight line.nounLow to Medium (technical)
- linear function/ˈlɪn.i.ə ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/A mathematical function whose graph is a straight line, typically of the form y = mx + c, where 'm' is the slope and 'c' is the y-intercept.nounC1
- linear independence/ˌlɪn.i.ər ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dəns/A property of a set of vectors in a vector space where no vector in the set can be written as a linear combination of the others. Conceptually, it means the vectors provide unique information and there is no redundancy among them.nounLow
- linear induction motor/ˌlɪn.i.ər ɪnˈdʌk.ʃən ˌməʊ.tər/An electric motor that produces motion in a straight line (linear motion) instead of rotational motion, using the principles of electromagnetic induction.nounLow (C2/Technical)
- linear interpolation/ˈlɪnɪə ɪnˌtɜːpəˈleɪʃən/A mathematical method of estimating unknown values that fall between two known values by assuming a straight-line relationship between them.nounLow
- linear measure/ˈlɪn.i.ə ˈmɛʒ.ə/A unit or system for measuring length or distance in one dimension.nounLow (C1/C2 Level)
- linear motor/ˈlɪn.i.ə ˈməʊ.tə(r)/An electric motor that produces force in a straight line (linear motion) directly, without needing gears or mechanisms to convert rotary motion.nounLow
- linear operator/ˈlɪn.i.ər ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/A mathematical function that maps between vector spaces while preserving vector addition and scalar multiplication.nounC2
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