nonlinear
(Scientific computation) A property of a system whose output is not proportional
to its input. For example, a transistor has a region of input voltages for which
its output voltage is found by multiplying the input voltage by the gain of the
transistor. Outside this region though, the transistor behaves non-linearly,
meaning that it does not obey this simple equation. The behaviour of a system
containing non-linear components is thus harder to model and to predict.
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