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Linear vs Digital - What's the difference?

linear | digital |

As adjectives the difference between linear and digital

is that linear is linear (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial) while digital is having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.

As a noun digital is

(finance) a digital option.

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).
  • See also

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

    Anagrams

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    digital

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
  • Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
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  • Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
  • Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

    Antonyms

    * nondigital * undigital * (representing discrete values) analog, analogue

    Derived terms

    * digital computer * digitalize, digitalization * digital meter * digital storage

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A digital option.
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