linear

adj. 线的，线型的；直线的，线状的；长度的

中文词源

linear 线的，线性的

来自line,线。

linear (adj.): 1640s, from French linéaire, from Latin linearis "belonging to a line," from linea "string, line" (see line (n.)). Essentially the same word as lineal; "in Latin linearis the original suffix -alis was dissimilated to -aris, but in Late Latin this rule was no longer productive and the formation or re-formation in -alis remained unchanged." [Barnhart]. Linear A and Linear B (1902-3) were names given to two related forms of linear Minoan writing discovered 1894-1901 in Crete by Sir Arthur Evans.

1. In his art he broke the laws of scientific linear perspective.: 他在自己的绘画艺术中打破了科学的直线透视法规律。

3. 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。

4. Every basis of a linear space contains the same number of vectors.: 一线性空间的每一基底包含同样数目的向量.

5. One significant development was the introduction of linear programming.: 一个重大的发展是线性规划的采用.