1640s, from French linéaire, from Latin linearis "belonging to a line," from linea "string, line" (see line (n.)). Essentially the same word as lineal; "in Latin linearis the original suffix -alis was dissimilated to -aris, but in Late Latin this rule was no longer productive and the formation or re-formation in -alis remained unchanged." [Barnhart]. Linear A and Linear B (1902-3) were names given to two related forms of linear Minoan writing discovered 1894-1901 in Crete by Sir Arthur Evans.
双语例句
1. In his art he broke the laws of scientific linear perspective.
他在自己的绘画艺术中打破了科学的直线透视法规律。
来自《权威词典》
2. He's making linear measurements.
他正在进行长度测量.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Her novel subverts the conventions of linear narrative. It has no neat chronology and no tidy denouement.
她的小说颠覆了线性叙事的传统，没有清晰的时间线索，也没有简单明了的结局。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Every basis of a linear space contains the same number of vectors.
一线性空间的每一基底包含同样数目的向量.
来自辞典例句
5. One significant development was the introduction of linear programming.
