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linear equation Definition

linear equation

noun

an algebraic equation whose variable quantity or quantities are in the first power only and whose graph is a straight line (Ex.: 2x + 3y - 5 = 0)

linear equation Usage Examples

Converse of subject

describe: They are described by linear dynamic equations subject to linear inequalities involving real and integer variables.

Converse of object

use: Control systems are normally modeled using linear integro-differential equations.

Preposition: in

unknown: Von Koch's first results were on infinitely many linear equations in infinitely many unknowns.

Adjective modifier

  • simultaneous: The Babylonians studied problems which lead to simultaneous linear equations and some of these are preserved in clay tablets which survive.
  • partial: This course studies Fourier Series and their applications to the solution of boundary value problems associated with certain linear partial differential equations.
  • dynamic: They are described by linear dynamic equations subject to linear inequalities involving real and integer variables.

Noun used with modifier

differential: This course studies Fourier Series and their applications to the solution of boundary value problems associated with certain linear partial differential equations.