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Word: nonlinear (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • chemistry (''of a molecule'') whose atoms do not lie in a straight line
  • of a set of points not lying on a straight line
  • of a system whose output is not directly proportional to its input
  • erratic and unpredictable
  • mathematics (''of a function'') having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one

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