nonlinear

/ nɒnˈlɪnɪə /

adjective

not of, in, along, or relating to a line
denoting digital editing in which edits are saved on computer, rather than videotape, thus enabling further edits to be made

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Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams, The Burning Plain) employs a nonlinear style.

Critics rediscovered Wuthering Heights, praising its complicated, nonlinear structure.

Would you continue to use nonlinear storytelling if there is a Season 4?

The frequency distribution of breeding activity in birds is described by a nonlinear curve (a normal distribution is nonlinear).

Let us assume that each of the environmental variables is a nonlinear oscillator, as is probable.

However, the frequency distribution of a set of coupled nonlinear oscillators is non-normal (Wiener, 1958).

The new stage corresponds to distributed, non-sequential forms of human activity, nonlinear dependencies.

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