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linear
This entry is located in the following unit: lino-, lin-, line- (page 1)
linear, lineal
linear (LIN ee uhr) (adjective)
Relating to a direct route: The road proceeded in a linear manner, straight across the desert.
lineal (LIN ee uhl) (adjective)
Concerning the direct line of descent from an ancestor: Kevin's lineal heritage to the property was through his mother's side of the family.

Brian can trace his lineage in an uninterrupted linear fashion; following the direct lineal line of descent from his father's ancestors.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group L; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 4)
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Word Entries containing the term: “linear”
electron linear accelerator
A linear accelerator or a device that propels charged particles in straight paths by using alternating high-frequency voltages used to accelerate electrons in a straight line, usually by means of radio-frequency fields which are produced in a loaded waveguide and travel with the electrons.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 49)
electronuclear breeder, linear accelerator breeder
A device which uses a linear accelerator to generate neutrons that produce fissile fuel for nuclear reactors.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 72)
linear-polarized antenna
A UHF antenna that focuses the radio energy from the reader in a narrow beam.

This increases the read distance possible and provides greater penetration through dense materials.

Tags designed to be used with a linear polarized reader antenna must be aligned with the reader antenna in order to be read.

This entry is located in the following unit: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): Definitions (page 6)
nevus unius lateris, linear epidermal nevus
A congenital systematized linear nevus limited to one side of the body or to portions of the limbs on one side.

Lesions are often extensive, forming wavelike bands on the trunk and spiraling streaks on the limbs.

This entry is located in the following units: dermo-, derm-, derma-, dermato-, dermat-, -derm, -derma, -dermatic, -dermatous, -dermis, -dermal, -dermic, -dermoid, -dermatoid (page 17) naevus, nevus, nevo-, nev- + (page 2)