nonlinearity
Noun
Meaning
(uncountable) The state of being nonlinear.
(countable) A deviation from linearity.
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At high currents, iron core inductors also show gradual departure from ideal behavior due to nonlinearity caused by magnetic saturation of the core.
An example of a jerk equation with nonlinearity in the magnitude of is: : Here, A is an adjustable parameter.
Furthermore, the noise is amplified due to the inherent nonlinearity and reveals totally new dynamical properties.
Hence, any convective flow, whether turbulent or not, will involve nonlinearity.
High optical nonlinearity makes semiconductor amplifiers attractive for all optical signal processing like all-optical switching and wavelength conversion.
If the wavepacket has a narrow range of frequencies, and ω(k) is approximately linear over that narrow range, the pulse distortion will be small, in relation to the small nonlinearity.