nonlinearity
Americannoun
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Mathematics. the quality of a function that expresses a relationship that is not one of direct proportion.
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Electricity. deviation of an input-output relationship from one of direct proportionality.
Etymology
Origin of nonlinearity
Example Sentences
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Zhou's method to improve materials' nonlinearity is a step closer to enabling those technologies.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2024
"The effective nonlinearity you can generate with these materials is hundreds or even thousands of times larger than was possible before, which is crazy," Eichenfield said.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
"When we combined these materials in just the right way, we were able to experimentally access a new regime of phononic nonlinearity," said Sandia engineer Lisa Hackett, the lead author on the paper.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
"There's a real nonlinearity lurking in there that we hadn't seen before," he said.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023
This new function allows us to give concrete examples whenever nonlinearity is useful.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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