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Where does “noncollinearity” come from?

noncollinearity (English) comes from English collinearity, from English collinear, from English linear, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

noncollinearity (English): The state of being noncollinear; the lack of...

Definitions

  1. The state of being noncollinear; the lack of...

Ancestry of “noncollinearity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollinearityThe condition of being collinear; The extent to...
2EnglishcollinearLying on the same straight line; coaxial
3EnglishlinearHaving the form of a line; straight or roughly...
4Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
5Latinlīnea—
6Latinlīnum—
7Proto-Italiclīnom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
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