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Meaning:

acronym:

  • Astronomy Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program.

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Adjective:

  • of leaves Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.
  • Having the form of a line; straight.
  • Made in a step-by-step, logical manner.
  • mathematics Of, or related to a class of polynomial of the form y = a.x + b .
  • Pertaining or related to lines.
  • as opposed to area or volume.

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Proper noun:

  • astronomy A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program in New Mexico. (See [http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/linear.html]) Sometimes spelled ''LINEAR''.

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