nonlinear

非線形の

入力の変化に対して出力が比例して変化しない。

やさしい英語で： Describing a system where changing what goes in does not cause a matching change in what comes out.

• The system has a nonlinear response.
• Doubling the input did not double the output in this nonlinear model.
• Researchers found a nonlinear relationship between dose and effect.

反対語： linear

よく使う表現： nonlinear system, nonlinear relationship, nonlinear response

非直線的な、不規則な

一定の予測できる順序を追わず、時点や段階、方向が飛ぶ。

やさしい英語で： Moving between different times, stages, or directions instead of following a steady, predictable order.

• The film has a nonlinear plot.
• Her nonlinear story jumps between childhood and old age.
• Recovery can be nonlinear, with sudden improvements followed by setbacks.

類義語： erratic, discontinuous

反対語： linear

よく使う表現： nonlinear plot, nonlinear narrative, nonlinear progress

非線形の

すべての点が同じ直線上に並んではいない。

やさしい英語で： Describing points that do not all lie on one straight line.

• The points form a nonlinear arrangement.
• We plotted the nonlinear distribution of points.
• These nonlinear sets of points cannot fit on a single straight line.

類義語： noncollinear

反対語： collinear

よく使う表現： nonlinear arrangement, nonlinear point distribution

非直線形の

分子内の原子が一本の直線上には並んでいない。

やさしい英語で： Describing a molecule whose atoms are not arranged in one straight line.

• Water is a nonlinear molecule.
• The model shows a nonlinear molecular structure.
• Nonlinear molecules rotate differently from molecules whose atoms lie in a straight line.

反対語： linear

よく使う表現： nonlinear molecule, nonlinear molecular structure