linean

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1. rareSynonym of linear.

   SPATIUM, the space between two lines of the linean system.

   1825, John Feltham Danneley, An encyclopœdia, or dictionary of music

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   I think it is paradoxical and misleading to state, without qualifying words, that two linean directions determine one plane-direction; inasmuch as two linean directions really serve to define as many different pairs or multiple pairs of plane-directions as we please, and if we are permitted to distinguish the two linean directions by different names, three plane directions can be separately defined by them without any ambiguity.

   1871 November, J.D. Everett, “Plane-Direction”, in Nature, volume 5, page 63

   Let B be the homogeneous prime ideal of V, H a hyperplane in the projective space corresponding to the linean form l, and put C= V◦H.

   1955, Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto: Mathematics

   Its kinship network too was denser; the historic memory - as expressed in the number of generations remembered and the memory of the names of the linean ancestors - was stronger in this community; the families in it were also larger.

   1972, International Technical Cooperation Centre, International Technical Cooperation Centre Review

   The student "T" test was used to compare results obtained and the regression analysis (y = a + bx) was used to establish the linean relationship between pg of E2-3H bound by increasing weight of RUE.

   1978, Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine - Volumes 42-43, page 140

   Synonyms: linear

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Linnaean; pertaining to the binomial nomenclature originated by Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus.

   Like the Linean system for categorizing organisms, the assembly taxonomy is flexible, allowing for future refinement.

   2001, Kieth Alan Porter, Anne S. Kiremidjian, Assembly-Based Vulnerability of Buildings and its Uses in Seismic Performance Evaluation and Risk-Management Decision-Making

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   The stamen is called the male and the pistil the female organ. This doctrine constituting the foundation of the Linean system, though but recently established upon the basis of logical induction is by no means novel.

   1857, Freeman Grant Cary, The Cincinnatus

   The common white larch (Larix Europea) belongs to Monacea Monoddphia of the Linean system, and to the fir division of the natural order Coniferce.

   1869, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1868-1869, page 369

   I don't know what flower they affect to emulate but I dare say they are known to each other under some order or class of the Linean system.

   1998, Joan W. Goodwin, The Remarkable Mrs. Ripley: The Life of Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley, →ISBN