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linearity

[‚lin·ē′ar·əd·ē]
(mathematics)
The property whereby a mathematical system is well behaved (in the context of the given system) with regard to addition and scalar multiplication.
(physics)
The relationship that exists between two quantities when a change in one of them produces a directly proportional change in the other.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Linearity

 

a succession of sounds of different pitch, forming a melodic line. The concept of linearity stresses the melody’s sound-pitch aspect, which appears in a definite rhythmic organization. An abstract understanding of the melodic line leads to linearism.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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