nonlinearity

[non-lin-ee-ar-i-tee]

noun

Mathematics. the quality of a function that expresses a relationship that is not one of direct proportion.

Electricity. deviation of an input-output relationship from one of direct proportionality.

Origin:
1925–30; non- + linearity

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Nonlinearity is always a great word to know.

So is real number. Does it mean:

a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number

occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter or function: a uniform bound

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