nonlinear

1. 1.

   designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree

   Antonymslinear

   mathematics

Questions about nonlinear

What does nonlinear mean?

nonlinear means "designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree".

How many syllables are in nonlinear?

nonlinear has 4 syllables: non-lin-e-ar. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /nɑnˈlɪˌniɚ/.

What is the opposite of nonlinear?

The recorded antonyms are linear.

Is nonlinear a common word?

nonlinear is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.