sublinear

sub- +‎ linear

sublinear (not comparable)

1. Placed below a line of text.
2. (botany) Almost but not quite linear in shape.
3. (mathematics) Describing a function that grows more slowly than a linear one.
   • 2009 January 15, Christian Knigge, Nathan Leigh, Alison Sills, “A binary origin for ‘blue stragglers’ in globular clusters”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI:

     The sublinear dependence of blue straggler number on core mass is interesting.

• sublinearity
• sublinearly

• insurable

sublinear (strong nominative masculine singular sublinearer, not comparable)

1. (mathematics) sublinear

• unterlinear