nonlinear

/ nɒnˈlɪnɪə /

adjective

1. not of, in, along, or relating to a line
2. denoting digital editing in which edits are saved on computer, rather than videotape, thus enabling further edits to be made

Example Sentences

Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams, The Burning Plain) employs a nonlinear style.

From The Daily Beast

Critics rediscovered Wuthering Heights, praising its complicated, nonlinear structure.

From The Daily Beast

Would you continue to use nonlinear storytelling if there is a Season 4?

From The Daily Beast

The frequency distribution of breeding activity in birds is described by a nonlinear curve (a normal distribution is nonlinear).

From Project Gutenberg

Let us assume that each of the environmental variables is a nonlinear oscillator, as is probable.

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However, the frequency distribution of a set of coupled nonlinear oscillators is non-normal (Wiener, 1958).

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The new stage corresponds to distributed, non-sequential forms of human activity, nonlinear dependencies.

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