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nonlinearly

nonlinearly adverb: in a nonlinear fashion; often specifically exponentially.

Adverb

nonlinearly (not comparable)

  1. In a nonlinear fashion; often specifically exponentially.
    • The probability of a mistake rises nonlinearly with the number of steps.1996, Craig Loehle, Thinking Strategically, →ISBN, page 56
    Antonyms:
    linearly

Antonyms of nonlinearly

Origin of nonlinearly

From nonlinear + -ly.

Questions about nonlinearly

What does nonlinearly mean?
Nonlinearly means in a nonlinear fashion; often specifically exponentially.
What part of speech is nonlinearly?
Nonlinearly is an adverb.

Words near nonlinearly in the dictionary

  1. nonlinearizations
  2. nonlinearize
  3. nonlinearized
  4. nonlinearizes
  5. nonlinearizing
  6. nonlinearly
  7. nonlinen
  8. nonlinguist
  9. nonlinguistic
  10. nonlinguistically
  11. nonlinguists

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