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nonlinear

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Adjective

  1. Not lying on a straight line.
  2. Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
  3. Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
  4. Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
  5. Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.

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