Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sublinear

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: sub-lin-ear
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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adj

Almost but not quite linear in shape.

adj

Growing or changing asymptotically more slowly than a linear one.

Example Sentences

"The sublinear dependence of blue straggler number on core mass is interesting."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin līneārisbor. English linear English sublinear From sub- + linear.

Derived Forms

sublinearity sublinearly

Synonyms

infralinear

Questions

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Where does sublinear come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Latin līneārisbor. English linear English sublinear From sub- + linear.

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