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Cyclical vs Linear - What's the difference?

cyclical | linear |

As adjectives the difference between cyclical and linear

is that cyclical is recurring at regular intervals while linear is having the form of a line; straight.

As a proper noun Linear is

a comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program in New Mexico. (See ) Sometimes spelled LINEAR.

As an acronym LINEAR is

Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.

cyclical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • recurring at regular intervals

    • Synonyms

    * cyclic * periodic

    linear

    English

    (wikipedia linear)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the form of a line; straight.
  • Of or relating to lines.
  • Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.
  • (botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
  • (mathematics) Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form y = ax + b .
  • (physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).

    • Related terms

    * interlineal * interlinear * lineal

    See also

    * quadratic * cubic * quartic * quintic * linear algebra * areal

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