Colinear(ity)
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:17 pm
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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Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:28 pm
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.
Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:47 pm
Because colinear is a proper noun to do with CoLIN.
Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:53 pm
ITYM adjective.Kai Laddiman wrote:Because colinear is a proper noun to do with CoLIN.
Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:22 pm
colinear=LONICERA
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA.
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA.
Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:48 pm
Also a statistical concept where two variables may appear to be be related but aren't. Or is that confounding?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.
EDIT: I was thinking of multicollinearity.
Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:17 pm
HoneysuckleJackHurst wrote:colinear=LONICERA
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA.
Re: Colinear(ity)
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:35 pm
I didn't know you liked me enough to give me such an endearing nickname.Sue Sanders wrote:HoneysuckleJackHurst wrote:colinear=LONICERA
Next time you spot colinear, remember to declare LONICERA.