linear dependence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflinearanddependence
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linear
adjective
uk/ˈlɪn.i.ər/us/ˈlɪn.i.ɚ/
consisting of relating to lines ...
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dependence
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈpen.dəns/us/dɪˈpen.dəns/
the situation in which you need something or someone all the time, especially in order to continue existing ...
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But we introduce as a phenomenological parameter a stimulation weight gain rate ms and assume alineardependence.
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It is a measure of thelineardependenceof the two time series.
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The circles represent the experimental values with a best-fit (least-squares)lineardependenceshown for the semilogarithmic graph.
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There is alineardependencebetween m, and ma (or mat).
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The simplest functional form is alineardependenceof the albedo on temperature between these two temperatures.
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Thelineardependenceof energy consumption on climate was replaced by a more realistic non-linear representation, reflection saturation of demand.
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All points of a singular orbit are singular and have the same coefficients of thelineardependence.
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If such circuits of sources existed, then there would be alineardependencebetween the potential differences in these sources, thus violating the definition of potential difference sources.
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Through the use of matched asymptotic expansions, it can be proved that, to leading order, there is alineardependenceof integral functionals on the level of viscosity.
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Ribeiro et al. (2004) studied quasi-periodic sequences of coin operators using numerical simulation, and again found different spreading rates, but still an overalllineardependenceon the number of steps.
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For large temperaturelineardependencefollows from the second law of thermodynamics.
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It is widely used in the sciences as a measure of the degree oflineardependencebetween two variables.
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By contrast, correlation coefficients, which depend on the covariance, are a dimensionless measure oflineardependence.
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Otherwise, thislineardependencewas done on purpose.
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In this case, the relationship between "y" and "x" is non-linear, while correlation and covariance are measures oflineardependencebetween two variables.
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Lineardependencemeans that some equations can be obtained from linearly combining other equations.
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That does not mean the same thing as in the context of linear algebra (seelineardependence).
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If such alineardependenceexists, then the "n" vectors are linearly dependent.
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