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linear function

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
lin-ear -func-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any function whose graph is a straight line: f(x)=ax+b

noun

Any function whose value on the sum of two elements is the sum of the values of the function on the two elements and whose value on the product of a scalar times an element is the scalar times the value of the function on the element: f(ax+by)=af(x)+bf(y)

Inflected Forms

linear functions (plural)

Questions

What does linear function mean?
Any function whose graph is a straight line: f(x)=ax+b

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