Usually means: Not following a straight path.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word nonlinear:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonlinear: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonlinear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nonlinear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nonlinear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Nonlinear, nonlinear: Wordnik
  6. nonlinear: Wiktionary
  7. nonlinear: Dictionary.com
  8. Nonlinear (arts), Nonlinear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. nonlinear: Rhymezone
  10. nonlinear: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nonlinear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. nonlinear: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. nonlinear: Vocabulary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nonlinear: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. nonlinear: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  3. nonlinear: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  2. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nonlinear: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
adjective:  (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
adjective:  (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
adjective:  (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
adjective:  Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.

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