linear
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By adjusting them in proportion to one another, the system can shift its response to different wavelengths in a controlled, linear fashion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Maybe making movies is a way of moving back and forth, in and out, of linear time,” Eleanor says in one of her journal entries.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Western traditions of symmetry and notions of linear time are upended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The decisions are part of a move away from linear television that the BBC says reflects changing audience habits.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
By the end of the evening, Sturtevant had sketched the first linear genetic map of half a dozen genes along a Drosophila chromosome.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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