Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. alternative spelling of nonlinear.
Examples
“If ‘fragmentation’, non-linear and cut-up writing are responses to complexity as I have suggested, then Reverbstorm is certainly this.”
Ballardian » “Driven by Anger”: An Interview with Michael Butterworth (the Savoy interviews, part 1)
“First of all, it fell into the trap of non-linear storytelling that is now de rigeur in “important” movies.”
“Except it showed its hand far too soon, so any astute moviegoer could figure out the crux of what was happening, if not the actual substance, which meant that the non-linear way certain things played out was just annoying.”
“The concrete curves of the Cradle, visible from inside and outside the building, are like a fundamental tone in music: a powerful, organic, non-linear ground that harmonizes all of the seeming oddities of the entire complex.”
The Washington Post: Arena Stage's new building: a brilliant addition, and a challenge, to the city
“In a forthcoming book about his work, Thom writes, "We have been attracted to the Asian tradition of non-linear thought and holistic thinking rather than the more regimented logic of the Western intellectual tradition.”
The Washington Post: Arena Stage's new building: a brilliant addition, and a challenge, to the city
“Given that I look at organizations as complex systems, which are non-linear and highly unpredictable, I'm not a fool who rushes into these things.”
The Huffington Post: Birute Regine: 2012: The Gate to the Garden Is Open
“Nobody really disputes that the first type of tax increases can have non-linear effects on the revenue raised.”
Economics vs. Populism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The danger of thinking in a non-linear fashion is making an erronous assumption that an expodential function will last forever.”
Economists Too Linear?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Arnold, what value is provided by linearizing a non-linear function around the equilibrium?”
Economists Too Linear?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Modeling non-linear functions is not much harder than modeling linear ones.”
Economists Too Linear?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘non-linear’.
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deegee's Words
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Surreal's list
obstreperous, loquacious, mellifluous, illeism, necromimesis, anacoluthon, kalopsia, lethologica, loganamnosis, logorrhea, musculade, plethora and 14 more...
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Tweets
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chained_bear Hee! Sionnach, I love your last post here. Feb 13, 2009
reesetee Can't be. B & B must have sent surrogates. Feb 13, 2009
dontcry *thinks Kostya might just be a b*
*seriously* Feb 13, 2009
dontcry Still bored, Pro? Feb 13, 2009
skipvia I thought Brenneh and Bonnie were, like, so over each other.
*hoping sionnach is enjoying this one* Feb 13, 2009
whichbe I would also like to state for the record that Surreal was described by the witness as "non-linear" but when evidence was then presented it was, in fact, a direct response--rather linear considering the context of "non-linear" proofing. I think if Surreal had something like hot dog it would be more non-linear.
Unless, of course, you thought we would anticipate a non-linear answer; therefore a linear answer might indeed be the perfect decoy of non-linear. Feb 13, 2009
bilby Crikey! Feb 13, 2009
plethora
Kostya, you real name isn't Bonnie, by any chance? Or Brenneh? Feb 13, 2009
sionnach
Feb 13, 2009
dontcry Well, I can't speak for everyone, Kostya, but I certainly will try to take myself a little more seriously. Thanks for setting us straight. I don't know how we managed to have any fun before you arrived. Feb 13, 2009
rolig No one said you were a crock, Kostya, only that your definition was. But then you went ahead and demonstrated that you were hotheaded, inarticulate, unimaginative, and indeed, probably a crock, too. You're certainly welcome to rebut Sionnach's narrow definition of the word (and a lively and interesting discussion would probably ensue, which is what Wordie is all about), but petty name-calling is just juvenile. Feb 13, 2009
kostya Could you all take yourselves a little more seriously please???? And yeah, if you go around telling people they are a crock, expect a nasty reply. Jerk. Feb 13, 2009
dontcry whichbe, *snort*
Feb 12, 2009
frogapplause Nice first impression, Kostya. Feb 12, 2009
plethora That was, uh, rather unnecessary, Kostya... Feb 12, 2009
whichbe Kostya, to fully understand the meaning of that, could you retype it with clearer punctuation? Feb 12, 2009
kostya oh fuck you douche bag
Feb 12, 2009
sionnach What a crock. The term "non-linear" has an extremely precise definition. Specifically, a mapping f describing a system is nonlinear if it fails to satisfy one or both of the following conditions -
additivity: f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y)
homogeneity: f(Ax) = A f(x).
Nothing surreal about it.
Feb 12, 2009
surreal Yes, yes I am. Feb 12, 2009
kostya Surreal is the very definition of non-linear. Feb 12, 2009