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Why is it that colinear is rejected as a word (http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 1#r1724571) but colinearity is in lexplorer?
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Colinearity is just in the dictionary by itself as a noun, "colinear" isn't listed. It's something to do with DNA apparently. There's collinear/collinearity but that's unrelated.
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Because colinear is a proper noun to do with CoLIN.
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Kai Laddiman wrote:Because colinear is a proper noun to do with CoLIN.
ITYM adjective.
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colinear=LONICERA
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA. :D
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Innis Carson wrote:Colinearity is just in the dictionary by itself as a noun, "colinear" isn't listed. It's something to do with DNA apparently. There's collinear/collinearity but that's unrelated.
Also a statistical concept where two variables may appear to be be related but aren't. Or is that confounding?

EDIT: I was thinking of multicollinearity.
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JackHurst wrote:colinear=LONICERA
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA. :D
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Sue Sanders wrote:
JackHurst wrote:colinear=LONICERA
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA. :D
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