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quasilinear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
quasi-lin-ear
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very nearly linear.

adj

Having some properties of linearity.

adj

Linearithmic.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Latin līneārisbor. English linear English quasilinear From quasi- + linear.

Inflected Forms

more quasilinear (comparative) most quasilinear (superlative) quasi-linear (alternative)

Derived Forms

quasilinearly

Questions

What does quasilinear mean?
Very nearly linear.
Where does quasilinear come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Latin līneārisbor. English linear English quasilinear From quasi- + linear.

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