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Straightness vs Linearity - What's the difference?

straightness | linearity |

As nouns the difference between straightness and linearity

is that straightness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual" ) while linearity is the state of being linear.

straightness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual" ).
  • (countable) The result or product of being straight.

    • Synonyms

    *heterosexuality

    Antonyms

    *gayness

    linearity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia linearity) (linearities)
  • The state of being linear.
  • (mathematics) A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.