adv. [f. LINEAR a. + -LY2.] a. In a linear direction. b. By linear measurement. c. By means of lines.
1881. Nature, XXIII. 3 Feb., 331/2. A cell n times greater linearly each way will produce n times the variation in resistance for the same total amount of light.
1887. R. A. Roberts, Integral Calculus, I. 316. The arc of the general bicircular quartic can be determined linearly in terms of four expressions.
1891. W. A. Jamieson, Dis. Skin, i. (ed. 3), 6. The upper part is marked with prominences called papillæ arranged linearly.
