Slotted vs Linear - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between slotted and linear

is that slotted is having slots while linear is linear (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial).

is (slot).

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Having slots.

Removing the cooked food from the oil with a slotted spatula lets it drain better.

(head)

(slot)

(wikipedia linear)

(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).

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