collinear

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The value of the determinate is 0, so the points are collinear.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

MCScanX65 was used to identify collinear duplicated gene blocks between species or genomes, including Tu3-to-Ta3B, Tu3-to-Bd, Tu3-to-Os, Tu3-to-Sb, Ta3B-to-Bd, Ta3B-to-Os and Ta3B-to-Sb.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

In essence, each variable is “taking” part of the effect on Y that should be attributed to the collinear variable.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

If they’re small, you can cultivate the soil, skimming below the surface with a collinear hoe or scuffle hoe to expose weed roots.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2017

The cross ratio of a range of four collinear points can now be defined as a number characteristic of that range.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various