Meanings
adjectivesuperlinear (comparative more superlinear, superlative most superlinear)
comparative more superlinear · superlative most superlinear
- Above a line.
- especiallymathematicsDescribing a function (or rate of growth, etc) that eventually grows faster than any linear one.
[…] in their study of Mono (a F/OSS implementation of Microsoft's .NET services, libraries and interfaces), their measurements indicate superlinear growth rate in the code size and the number of code updates that are committed […]
2006, Nazim H. Madhavji, Juan Fernandez-Ramil, Dewayne Perry, Software Evolution and Feedback: Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 187
Origin
Translations
Norwegian superlineær
- superlineærdescribing a function that eventually grows faster than any linear one
Russian сверхлине́йный
- сверхлине́йный (sverxlinéjnyj)describing a function that eventually grows faster than any linear one
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