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.
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