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Nonlinear

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not lying on a straight line. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Whose output is not directly proportional to its input. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth. not-comparable

    "a film with a nonlinear plot"

Adjective
  1. 1
    designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree wordnet

Etymology

From non- + linear.

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