Linear vs Proportional - What's the difference?
linear | proportional |
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).
At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first.
:* The stopping distance is proportional to the square of the speed of the vehicle. —
In proportion (to), proportionate. More common in US than UK.
:* ...how much of the Bush administration's immediate post-9/11 emphasis on Iraq was appropriate and proportional to the overall picture of terrorism — retrieved 24 Jan 2005.
As adjectives the difference between linear and proportional
is that linear is having the form of a line; straight while proportional is at a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first.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.linear
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(wikipedia linear)Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* quadratic * cubic * quartic * quintic * linear algebra * arealAnagrams
* ----proportional
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(en adjective)- Quotation
"How Far Will It Skid"at physicsclassroom.com.
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