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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
non-linear

also nonlinear, 1844, from non- + linear.

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non-linear

a. (alternative spelling of nonlinear English)

Usage examples of "non-linear".

The greatest complexity seemed to be in the information retrieval net, rather than the protein-based data storage, though both were not only fiendishly ornate, but largely unmapped--it had been an autolearning-style system which had assembled itself in a highly non-linear fashion after the chip had been installed.

The greatest complexity seemed to be in the information retrieval net, rather than the protein-based data storage, though both were not only fiendishly ornate, but largely unmapped -- it had been an autolearning-style system which had assembled itself in a highly non-linear fashion after the chip had been installed.

The greatest complexity seemed to be in the information retrieval net, rather than the protein-based data storage, though both were not only fiendishly ornate, but largely unmappedit had been an autolearning-style system which had assembled itself in a highly non-linear fashion after the chip had been installed.

A non-linear system turned ninety degrees and mapped out in three dimensions.