linear transformation

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noun Mathematics.

a map from one vector space to a vector space having the same field of scalars, with the properties that the map of the sum of two vectors is the sum of the maps of the vectors and the map of a scalar times a vector equals the scalar times the map of the vector.

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Also called linear function.

Origin of linear transformation

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby linear transformation

linear programming, linear regression analysis, linear space, line art, linear-tracking, linear transformation, lineate, lineation, linebacker, line block, linebred

How to use linear transformation in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And much of the credit to her transformation is owed to a finishing school that caters to women just like her.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Transformation Journey How did this transformation happen?
The Science of Ingredient Innovation||December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lepore has a different, though still linear, metaphor for the history of feminism: “a river, wending.”
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It is a transformation that is undetectable to anyone not paying close attention.
Cornel West’s Disappointing Decline|David Masciotra|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The child now aims at constructing a particular linear representation, that of a man, a horse, or what not.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Curious differences appear in respect of the completeness of this linear noting or enumerating of features.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This habit of scribble may persist after a child attempts a linear description of the parts of an object.
Children's Ways|James Sully
It is clear enough on the one hand that we can expect no sudden and complete transformation of the world in which we live.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Nor is humanity itself fitted for the kind of transformation which fills the dreams of the perfectionist.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock