linear combination: Meaning and Definition of

lin'ear combina'tion

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— Math. Math.(of mathematical quantities)
  1. a sum of products of each quantity times a constant:aX + bY + cZ is a linear combination of X, Y, and Z, where a, b, and c are constants. The expression
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