linearly
If something changes linearly, it changes at the same steady rate.
In a way that changes at a constant rate, so that one quantity increases or decreases in direct proportion to another.
If something happens linearly, it happens step by step in one order.
In a single continuous order from one step or point to the next, without branching or jumping around (often from beginning to end).
If things are placed linearly, they are placed in one straight line.
In a way that follows or forms a straight line, or that is arranged along a single line rather than spread around.
- Base: linearly
- Plural: linearlies
increase linearly
1rise at a constant rate
To go up by the same amount each step.
- If you add the same amount each week, the total will increase linearly.
- Costs increase linearly as the number of users grows.
- On this chart, the line shows sales increasing linearly.
- The number increased linearly every day.
linearly proportional to
1directly proportional; straight-line relation
If A is linearly proportional to B, A goes up in a straight-line way when B goes up.
- For small angles, the displacement is linearly proportional to the force.
- In this regime, the response is linearly proportional to the input signal.
- The output voltage is linearly proportional to the rotation speed.
scale linearly
1grow proportionally as size grows
To grow smoothly and proportionally when you add more work or resources.
- The system doesn’t scale linearly once you reach a million users.
- Ideally, performance would scale linearly with the number of cores.
- We need costs to scale linearly with usage.
- This service scales linearly with demand.
vary linearly with
1change in direct proportion
If A varies linearly with B, A changes at a steady rate as B changes.
- In this experiment, resistance varies linearly with temperature.
- The error varies linearly with distance from the center.
- Assume the output varies linearly with the input.
- The cost varies linearly with time.