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linear adj.直线的；长度的；线性的 (1) 学生不会总是顺着一条直线进步。(2) 过程流程是直线的，在计划阶段会有一些迭代。(3) 他正在进行长度测量。(4) 并非所有类型的运动在性质上都是线性的。(5) 信息密度在一个线性维度内有用的信息单元的个数。 Drawn from the word line, something linear follows that concept, coming from the Latin līneāris, "belonging to a line." You might come across the word in mathematics, as in a "linear equation," or in electronics, with a "linear circuit." It also can be used to refer to a written work that follows a "linear narrative." If a movie has lots of flashbacks and happens out of order, it does not have a linear narrative. You might find such a movie puzzling but enjoyable, or you might prefer something some chronological and linear.

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英 ['lɪniə(r)] 美 ['lɪniər] (1) Students do not always progress in a linear fashion.(2) The flow is linear, with some iterations in the planning phase.(3) He's making linear measurements.(4) Not all types of motions are linear in character.(5) The number of units of useful information contained within a linear dimension. Something linear is like a line. The adjective usually refers to something that follows an expected order or sequence — like railroad tracks or even the progression of a disease. 1[ADJ 形容词]（过程或发展）线性的 A linear process or development is one in which something changes or progresses straight from one stage to another, and has a starting point and an ending point.   [usu ADJ n]Her novel subverts the conventions of linear narrative. It has no neat chronology and no tidy denouement.她的小说颠覆了线性叙事的传统，没有清晰的时间线索，也没有简单明了的结局。...the linear view of time, with the idea that the past is moving into the present and the present into the future.线性的时间观，认为过去通向现在，现在通向未来。2[ADJ 形容词]线构的；利用线条的 A linear shape or form consists of straight lines.   [usu ADJ n]...the sharp, linear designs of the Seventies and Eighties.七八十年代轮廓清晰的线条设计3[ADJ 形容词]（运动或力）成一直线的，沿直线的 Linear movement or force occurs in a straight line rather than in a curve.   [usu ADJ n]

英语单词	linear
英美音标	英 ['lɪniə(r)] 美 ['lɪniər]
中文释义	adj.直线的；长度的；线性的
英语例句	(1) Students do not always progress in a linear fashion. (2) The flow is linear, with some iterations in the planning phase. (3) He's making linear measurements. (4) Not all types of motions are linear in character. (5) The number of units of useful information contained within a linear dimension.
中文例句	(1) 学生不会总是顺着一条直线进步。 (2) 过程流程是直线的，在计划阶段会有一些迭代。 (3) 他正在进行长度测量。 (4) 并非所有类型的运动在性质上都是线性的。 (5) 信息密度在一个线性维度内有用的信息单元的个数。
vocabulary简明	Something linear is like a line. The adjective usually refers to something that follows an expected order or sequence — like railroad tracks or even the progression of a disease.
vocabulary扩展	Drawn from the word line, something linear follows that concept, coming from the Latin līneāris, "belonging to a line." You might come across the word in mathematics, as in a "linear equation," or in electronics, with a "linear circuit." It also can be used to refer to a written work that follows a "linear narrative." If a movie has lots of flashbacks and happens out of order, it does not have a linear narrative. You might find such a movie puzzling but enjoyable, or you might prefer something some chronological and linear.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]（过程或发展）线性的 A linear process or development is one in which something changes or progresses straight from one stage to another, and has a starting point and an ending point. [usu ADJ n] Her novel subverts the conventions of linear narrative. It has no neat chronology and no tidy denouement. 她的小说颠覆了线性叙事的传统，没有清晰的时间线索，也没有简单明了的结局。 ...the linear view of time, with the idea that the past is moving into the present and the present into the future. 线性的时间观，认为过去通向现在，现在通向未来。 2 [ADJ 形容词]线构的；利用线条的 A linear shape or form consists of straight lines. [usu ADJ n] ...the sharp, linear designs of the Seventies and Eighties. 七八十年代轮廓清晰的线条设计 3 [ADJ 形容词]（运动或力）成一直线的，沿直线的 Linear movement or force occurs in a straight line rather than in a curve. [usu ADJ n]

Linear Adj 形容词 Straight [Usu N Word Line