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English
Etymology
From sub- + linear.
Adjective
sublinear (not comparable)
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- Synonym: infralinear
- (botany) Almost but not quite linear in shape.
- (mathematics) Describing a function that grows more slowly than a linear one.
2009 January 15, Christian Knigge, Nathan Leigh, Alison Sills, “A binary origin for ‘blue stragglers’ in globular clusters”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI:The sublinear dependence of blue straggler number on core mass is interesting.
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Adjective
sublinear (strong nominative masculine singular sublinearer, not comparable)
- (mathematics) sublinear