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Linear vs Transvection - What's the difference?

linear | transvection |

As an adjective linear

is linear (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial).

As a noun transvection is

(genetics) an epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome.

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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    transvection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) An epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome
  • Transvection effects include both activation and silencing.
  • (mathematics) A kind of linear mapping which leaves all points on one axis fixed, while other points are shifted parallel to the axis by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from the axis
  • a projective transvection
  • The act of supernatural flight, such as by a witch
  • *{{quote-book, 1996, Avner Falk, A Psychoanalytic History of the Jews citation
  • , passage=In transvection witches rode broomsticks, a classical phallic symbol. }}

    Synonyms

    *(epigenetic interaction) trans-sensing *(linear mapping) shear

    See also

    *transfection *(wikipedia "transvection") ----