Linearity Definition

linēarətē
linearities
noun
linearities
The quality or state of being linear.
Webster's New World
The extent to which any signal modification process, as detection, is accomplished without amplitude distortion.
Webster's New World
The fidelity with which a televised image is reproduced as determined by the extent to which there is a uniform distribution of the picture elements on the screen.
Webster's New World
The extent to which any effect is exactly proportional to its cause.
Webster's New World

(mathematics) A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.

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Synonyms:
  • one-dimensionality

Other Word Forms of Linearity

Noun

Singular:
linearity
Plural:
linearities

Origin of Linearity

  • From linear +"Ž -ity.

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