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

“It’s vulnerable enough now that the risk is it’ll have a nonlinear change.”

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During the 1920s and ’30s, nonlinear narratives of this nature would come to be seen as models of the modern mind: a dark, unknowable place riddled with unconscious desires and perverse complexes.

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"In nonlinear optics, light can be reshaped to create new colors, faster pulses or optical switches that turn signals on and off," said Kunyan Zhang, a Rice doctoral alumna and first author of the study.

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Scuri added that the framework they developed could help identify or enhance other nonlinear materials for a variety of operating conditions.

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“Losses are nonlinear; they tend to rise the longer the shutdown lasts,” she said.

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