nonlinearity
- noun
- /ˌnɒnˈlɪnɪərɪti/
- Literature
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no linealidad
- The film's nonlinearity made it challenging to follow, as events were presented out of chronological order.
Examples
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One of our online students expressed concern about the nonlinearity that hyperlinks introduce.
Academic text (2002) -
To avoid nonlinearity problems, only values of j = 1, 2 were considered.
Academic text (2011) -
By the way, a great book on chaos, nonlinearity, etc. is "Deep Simplicity" by John Gribbin, Random House, New York.
Blog text (30) -
With the many descriptions, constructions, and dichotomies of time proposed in the anthropological literature, a concern with the linearity or nonlinearity of time appears regularly.
Academic text (1999) -
In her novel, the author used a technique of nonlinearity, allowing the story to jump between different times and places.
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Readers often find nonlinearity in stories intriguing, as it adds depth and complexity to the narrative.
Antonyms
How Chronological
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonlinearity comes from non- 'not' and linear from line 'a straight line'. Think of a story as a time line: when a story has nonlinearity, its events are 'not in order' and jump around in time.