| 1. | Nonlinear | ||
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to freak out, to crack under stress or pressure.
Specialized vocabulary used by scientists and engineers. "You'd better stop interrupting, man. Dave's about to go nonlinear!"
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| 2. | Nonlinear | ||
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Not simple, not easy to resolve. Comes from math: whenever you see the word "linear", you know it's easy.
This word is not restricted to use in math. y'' = -sin(y) <- The nonlinear pendulum.
y'' = -y <- Linearized (nonrealistic) pendulum. "meselfs, I have girl troubles. I have no friends so I'm asking you, a known dateless loser." "Sounds pretty nonlinear. Unfortunately, I can only suggest you go tensile test yourself." |
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