Linux isnt even suppose to be even close to Unix. Linux is based off of Minix, a micro-kernel architectureâ¦ Minix and Unix are 2 completely different cores, as different as Windows and Mac OS X, Windows and Linux, and Mac and Linux. BSD is a different beast, based on Unix, Linux is based on Minix, OS X is based on BSD.
1 A geometric sequence is one in which the same number is multiplied or divided by each element to get the next element in the sequence. 2  2, 4, 8, 16, ... is a geometric sequence.
â¢ GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION (noun). The noun GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION has 1 sense: 1. (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term. Familiarity information: GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION used as a noun is very rare.Dictionary entry details.eaning: (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term. Classified under: Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects. Context example: 1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression.