nonlinear

adjective

non·lin·e·ar ˌnän-ˈli-nē-ər

: not linear

nonlinear thinking

a nonlinear narrative

… I was already interested in the nonlinear manner in which ideas and fashions travel through our culture …—

Lyall Watson

nonlinearity

ˌnän-ˌli-nē-ˈer-ə-tē

-ˈa-rə-

noun

plural nonlinearities

nonlinearly adverb

Examples of nonlinear in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This is despite the lens having a nonlinear manual focus response, a method that is meant to support minute changes to the plane of focus with slow turns of the ring. —

PCMAG, 15 July 2024 But her conduct and motives soon become as nonlinear as so much else in the story. —

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024 Behold, his nonlinear film experience on movies and outer space, is part of the permanent collection at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in L.A.. —

Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024 Additionally, patient conversations are often complex and involve disparate, nonlinear interactions with multiple clinicians. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonlinear

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