nonlinear
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Not lying on a straight line.
- Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
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