LINEARLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does linearly mean? 

• LINEARLY (adverb)
  The adverb LINEARLY has 1 sense:

1. in a linear manner

  Familiarity information: LINEARLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINEARLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a linear manner

Context example:

it grew linearly

Antonym:

geometrically (in a geometric fashion)

Pertainym:

linear (designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree)

 Context examples 

The degree to which two or more quantities or events are linearly associated, a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the others.

(Correlation, NCI Thesaurus)