| line of sight |
(Or line of sight path.) An unimpeded path between two points in the atmosphere determined by the trajectory of a ray between them. Sometimes synonymous with optical path, a term that may, however, be a shortened form of optical pathlength, which is not the same as line of sight.
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| linear |
Confined to first-degree algebraic terms in the relevant variables. For example, a + bx + cy is linear in x and y; a sin x + b cos y is linear in the coefficients a and b, but nonlinear in x and y.
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| linearity |
The property of being linear.
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| lineage |
Several individuals originating from a common descent, such as the production of a cell line from a single cell plated in vitro.
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| lineage |
A group of ancestral-descendant species that are reproductively isolated from other lineages, a line of common descent.
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