v. Also linearise. [f. LINEAR a. + -IZE.] trans. To represent in a linear form; to transform into a linear figure. Hence Linearization, the action or process of linearizing.
1895. Daily News, 2 May, 5/1. The Cretans used a symbol of a double axe-head, bipennis. They linearised this into an X with the top and bottom closed.
1895. Q. Rev., July, 213. When the Northmen used the Tau for the hammer of Thor, they merely ‘linearised’ a picture of a real hammer.
1896. A. J. Evans, in Academy, 13 June, 494/1. Characters of a type representing the linearisation of originally pictographic characters.
