# linear

linear is a German adjective meaning “linear”. Forms: linearer, am linearsten.

## Forms

- Comparative: linearer
- Superlative: am linearsten

## In other languages

- Русский: линейный

## Meanings

1. linear (having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course)
2. linear; lineal (pertaining to lines)
3. line-drawn; lineal (drawn using line art)

## Examples

- Die Dimension eines Vektorraums ist gleich der maximalen Anzahl in ihm linear unabhängiger Elemente. — The dimension of a vector space equals the largest number of its elements that can be linearly independent.
- Ist das System linear? — Is the system linear?
- Im Allgemeinen weiß man wenig über nicht lineare Differentialgleichungen zweiter Ordnung. — In general, little is known about nonlinear second order differential equations.

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