collinear

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We also explored collinear relationships of homologous genes between Tu3 and Ta3B.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

In essence, each variable is “taking” part of the effect on Y that should be attributed to the collinear variable.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

If they’re small, you can cultivate the soil, skimming below the surface with a collinear hoe or scuffle hoe to expose weed roots.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2017

Nonzero vectors u and v are called collinear if there exists a nonzero scalar α such that v = αu.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The triangles are “co-axial” in virtue of the property that the meets of corresponding sides are collinear and copolar, since the lines joining corresponding vertices are concurrent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various