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nonstationary

nonstationary adjective: not stationary.

Adjective

nonstationary (not comparable)

  1. Not stationary.

Noun

nonstationary (plural nonstationaries)

  1. A data point whose statistical properties (mean, variance, covariance) are not constant over time.

Forms of nonstationary

Adjective
alternative formnon-stationary
Noun
pluralnonstationaries

Origin of nonstationary

From non- + stationary.

Words formed from nonstationary

Questions about nonstationary

What does nonstationary mean?
Nonstationary means not stationary.
What part of speech is nonstationary?
Nonstationary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonstationary in the dictionary

  1. nonstatin
  2. nonstatins
  3. nonstationaries
  4. nonstationarities
  5. nonstationarity
  6. nonstationary
  7. nonstatistical
  8. nonstatistically
  9. nonstatistics
  10. nonstative
  11. nonstatives

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