Linear vs Longitude - What's the difference?
linear | longitude |
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 .
(physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume).
Angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter
, title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered
, volume=100, issue=2, page=87
, magazine=
Any imaginary line perpendicular to the equator and part of a great circle passing through the North Pole and South Pole.
(archaic) Length.
* {{quote-book, passage=His shoulders are remarkably sloping, giving an appearance of great longitude to his neck.
, pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=-MdPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA504&dq=%22great+longitude%22&lr=&as_brr=0&ei=iGOHT_DJCZTcNYDmlJQD&cd=13&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22great%20longitude%22&f=false
, page=504
, title=The American Quarterly Review
, volume=10
, year=1831
, chapter=Griffin's Remains
, author=Francis Griffin}}
As an adjective linear
is linear (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial).As a noun longitude is
angular distance measured west or east of the prime meridian.linear
English
(wikipedia linear)Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* quadratic * cubic * quartic * quintic * linear algebra * arealAnagrams
* ----longitude
English
(wikipedia longitude)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.}}
