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nonlinear
[′nän‚lin·ē·ər] (physics)
Pertaining to a response which is other than directly or inversely proportional to a given variable.
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nonlinear
(Scientific computation) A property of a system whose output
is not proportional to its input. For example, a transistor
has a region of input voltages for which its output voltage is
found by multiplying the input voltage by the gain of the
transistor. Outside this region though, the transistor
behaves non-linearly, meaning that it does not obey this
simple equation. The behaviour of a system containing
non-linear components is thus harder to model and to predict.
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nonlinear
A system in which the output is not a uniform relationship to the input. Contrast with linear.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.