Linear
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having the form of a line; straight. Pertaining or related to lines. Made in a step-by-step, logical manner. Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides. Of, or related to a class of polynomial of the form y = a.x + b . A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension .
Example sentence: Many think of memory as rote learning, a linear stuffing of the brain with facts, where understanding is irrelevant. When you teach it properly, with imagination and association, understanding becomes a part of it.
Additive
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter the results.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.Of or pertaining to addition.