incumbent noun [C]. âº the âperson who has or had a âparticular âofficial âposition: the first/last/âprevious incumbent The âpresent incumbent (of the âpost) is âdue to âretire next âmonth. (Definition of incumbent from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
In music, a linear progression (Auskomponierungszug or Zug, abbreviated: Zg. ) is a passing note elaboration involving stepwise melodic motion in one direction between two harmonic tones.  The compositional unfolding of a specific interval, one of the intervals of the chord of nature.
1 adj A linear process or development is one in which something changes or progresses straight from one stage to another, and has a starting point and an ending point. usu ADJ n. ...the linear view of time, with the idea that the past is moving into the present and the present into the future. adj Linear movement or force occurs in a straight line rather than in a curve. usu ADJ n. non-linear, nonlinear. If you describe something as non-linear, you mean that it does not progress or develop smoothly from one stage to the next in a logical way.