sublinear

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *līnomder.

Proto-Italic *līnom

Latin līnum

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin līneus

Latin līnea

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin līneārisbor.

English linear

English sublinear

From sub- + linear.

sublinear (not comparable)

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Synonym: infralinear
(botany) Almost but not quite linear in shape.
(mathematics, of a function) Growing or changing asymptotically 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.

sublinear (strong nominative masculine singular sublinearer, not comparable)