līnĕāris, e (or līnĭāris), adj. [id.], of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear: pictura
, the art of drawing with lines, without colors
, Plin. 35, 3, 5, 16: ratio
, the science of lines, geometry
, Quint. 1, 10, 36: probatio
, a proving by means of lines, a mathematical demonstration
, id. 1, 10, 49.—Adv.: līnĕārĭter, by lines, Boëth. Inst. Music. 3, 9 init.