Examples of “linear” in a Sentence

adj Arranged in or resembling a straight line.

• The linear row of lamps along the path lit our way home.
• Many old villages grew in a linear pattern beside the main road.
• The garden had a linear layout of beds running the length of the yard.

adj Progressing in a single, step-by-step sequence rather than jumping around.

• Her essay was clear because the argument followed a linear order from start to finish.
• The course follows a linear path from beginner to advanced topics.
• The movie tells its story in a strictly linear way.

adj In mathematics, relating to an equation or relationship of degree one, producing a straight-line graph.

• In a linear equation, the highest power of the unknown is one.
• Students plotted the linear function and got a perfectly straight line on the graph.
• The two variables have a linear relationship.