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Linear Straight Adjective Process Development Progresses Stage Starting

word linear
definition
adjective
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.
Her novel subverts the conventions of linear narrative.
...the linear view of time.
A linear shape or form consists of straight lines.
...the sharp, linear designs of the Seventies and Eighties.
Linear movement or force occurs in a straight line rather than in a curve .
cefr-level C1

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