collinear

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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

Nonzero vectors u and v are called collinear if there exists a nonzero scalar α such that v = αu.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Shown are 34 collinear blocks containing 7–35 gene pairs.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2014

The origins of these four plane co-ordinate systems may be collinear with the axis of the optical system; and the corresponding axes may be parallel.

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