sublinear

Adjective

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   Synonyms: infralinear

2. Almost but not quite linear in shape.
3. Growing or changing asymptotically more slowly than a linear one.
   • The sublinear dependence of blue straggler number on core mass is interesting. - 2009 January 15, Christian Knigge, Nathan Leigh, Alison Sills, “A binary origin for ‘blue stragglers’ in globular clusters”, in Nature,...