linear function

noun Mathematics.

linear transformation.

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Nearby words

linear dependence, linear differential equation, linear equation, linear extrapolation, linear fracture, linear function, linear graph, linear independence, linear induction motor, linear manifold, linear measure

Origin of linear function

First recorded in 1855–60

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