ALL meanings of nonlinear
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N n - adjective nonlinear equation: with degree higher than one 1
- noun nonlinear Not denoting, involving, or arranged in a straight line. 1
- noun Technical meaning of nonlinear (Scientific computation) A property of a system whose output is not proportional to its input. For example, a transistor has a region of input voltages for which its output voltage is found by multiplying the input voltage by the gain of the transistor. Outside this region though, the transistor behaves non-linearly, meaning that it does not obey this simple equation. The behaviour of a system containing non-linear components is thus harder to model and to predict. 1
- adjective nonlinear of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design. 1
- adjective nonlinear pertaining to or represented by lines: linear dimensions. 1
- adjective nonlinear extended or arranged in a line: a linear series. 1
- adjective nonlinear involving measurement in one dimension only; pertaining to length: linear measure. 1
- adjective nonlinear of or relating to the characteristics of a work of art in which forms and rhythms are defined chiefly in terms of line. 1
- adjective nonlinear having the form of or resembling a line: linear nebulae. 1
- adjective nonlinear Mathematics. consisting of, involving, or describable by terms of the first degree. having the same effect on a sum as on each of the summands: a linear operation. 1
- adjective nonlinear Electronics. delivering an output that is directly proportional to the input: a linear circuit; a linear amplifier. 1
- adjective nonlinear threadlike; narrow and elongated: a linear leaf. 1
- adjective nonlinear not in a straight line 1
- adjective nonlinear narrative: not straightforward 1
- adjective nonlinear If you describe something as nonlinear, you mean that it does not progress or develop smoothly from one stage to the next in a logical way. Instead, it makes sudden changes, or seems to develop in different directions at the same time. 0
- adjective nonlinear not of, in, along, or relating to a line 0
- adjective nonlinear denoting digital editing in which edits are saved on computer, rather than videotape, thus enabling further edits to be made 0