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nonlinearly

nonlinearly

7.2
In a way that is not in time order but shows events out of sequence
  • adverb
  • /nɒnˈlɪnɪərli/
translation icon : no linealmente
  • On the whole, the science of adhesion and adhesives has thus developed very nonlinearly.

Examples

  • In this experiment, the data points were arranged nonlinearly, revealing unexpected relationships between the variables.

  • Her thoughts flowed nonlinearly, jumping from one idea to another in a way that was hard to follow.

  • And the final one is going to be different and that's the nonlinearly Carl Lagrangian.

  • The team approached the problem nonlinearly, exploring various solutions rather than following a set method.

Antonyms

linearly
3 4.5

In a straight way so that one thing changes at a steady rate

How Linear

linearly
3 4.5
nonlinearly
7.2
randomly
126 2.4

Surface Forms

nonlinearly positive

Morphology

nonlinearly = nonlinear (transparent) = non + linear + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the clearly negated adjective 'nonlinear' (non- + linear), so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Nonlinearly comes from non- meaning 'not' and linear meaning 'in a line' or 'in order'. Think of a story that jumps around instead of walking straight along a line, so nonlinearly means not in a straight or normal order.