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Progress (philosophy) — Historical progress has been a main object of philosophy of history. However, in particular following the Holocaust, the idea and possibility of social progress, which was a main idea of the Enlightenment philosophy, has been more and more put to …   Wikipedia

Progress (history) — In history, progress is the idea of an advance that occurs within the limits of mankind s collective morality and knowledge of its respective environment. Progress is not necessarily a monotonically increasing advance. The idea of eternal… …   Wikipedia

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linear — lin|e|ar [ lıniər ] adjective FORMAL * 1. ) consisting of lines or a straight line: a linear design a ) capable of being shown by a straight line, for example on a GRAPH: Students reading does not always progress in a linear fashion. linear… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

linear */ — UK [ˈlɪnɪə(r)] / US [ˈlɪnɪər] adjective formal 1) consisting of lines or of one straight line a linear design a) capable of being shown by a straight line, for example on a graph Students reading does not always progress in a linear fashion.… …   English dictionary

linear — lin|e|ar [ˈlıniə US ər] adj 1.) consisting of lines, or in the form of a straight line ▪ a linear diagram 2.) [only before noun] relating to length ▪ linear measurements 3.) involving a series of connected events, ideas etc, that move or progress …   Dictionary of contemporary English

PROGRESS —    the BELIEF that HISTORY is moving in a linear fashion towards a goal and that as it does so life on earth, especially human achievement, is ever improving through increases in knowledge and scientific discoveries …   Concise dictionary of Religion

March of Progress — The entire March of Progress illustration (top) and a compressed version (bottom) …   Wikipedia

Idea of Progress — This article is about the theory that scientific and social progress improves the human condition. For the concept of Progress in the abstract, see Progress (history). In historiography, the Idea of Progress is the theory that advances in… …   Wikipedia

International Linear Collider — The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a proposed linear particle accelerator. It is planned to have a collision energy of 500 GeV initially, and, if approved after the project has published its Technical Design Report, planned for 2012,… …   Wikipedia

Compact Linear Collider — The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) is a proposed linear particle accelerator under design at CERN. CLIC is separate from the International Linear Collider project, and differs from it using normal conducting cavities (not superconducting like in… …   Wikipedia