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- adjective Alternative spelling of
nonlinear .
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Examples
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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 2009
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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 2009
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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."
Arena Stage's new building: a brilliant addition, and a challenge, to the city Philip Kennicott 2010
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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 2009
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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.
Birute Regine: 2012: The Gate to the Garden Is Open Birute Regine 2011
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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.
Arena Stage's new building: a brilliant addition, and a challenge, to the city Philip Kennicott 2010
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First of all, it fell into the trap of non-linear storytelling that is now de rigeur in “important” movies.
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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) 2009
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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.
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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.
Birute Regine: 2012: The Gate to the Garden Is Open Birute Regine 2011
kostya commented on the word non-linear
Surreal is the very definition of non-linear.
February 12, 2009
surreal commented on the word non-linear
Yes, yes I am.
February 12, 2009
sionnach commented on the word non-linear
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.
February 12, 2009
kostya commented on the word non-linear
oh fuck you douche bag
February 12, 2009
whichbe commented on the word non-linear
Kostya, to fully understand the meaning of that, could you retype it with clearer punctuation?
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word non-linear
That was, uh, rather unnecessary, Kostya...
February 12, 2009
frogapplause commented on the word non-linear
Nice first impression, Kostya.
February 12, 2009
dontcry commented on the word non-linear
whichbe, *snort*
February 13, 2009
kostya commented on the word non-linear
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.
February 13, 2009
rolig commented on the word non-linear
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.
February 13, 2009
dontcry commented on the word non-linear
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.
February 13, 2009
sionnach commented on the word non-linear
February 13, 2009
plethora commented on the word non-linear
Kostya, you real name isn't Bonnie, by any chance? Or Brenneh?
February 13, 2009
bilby commented on the word non-linear
Crikey!
February 13, 2009
whichbe commented on the word non-linear
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.
February 13, 2009
skipvia commented on the word non-linear
I thought Brenneh and Bonnie were, like, so over each other.
*hoping sionnach is enjoying this one*
February 13, 2009
dontcry commented on the word non-linear
Still bored, Pro?
February 13, 2009
dontcry commented on the word non-linear
*thinks Kostya might just be a b*
*seriously*
February 13, 2009
reesetee commented on the word non-linear
Can't be. B & B must have sent surrogates.
February 13, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word non-linear
Hee! Sionnach, I love your last post here.
February 14, 2009