The phrase
"nonlinear interaction" means that the relationship between two or more things is not a straightforward, direct, or proportional one. Instead, it suggests that the interaction between these things is complex, with one thing affecting the other in a more intricate or unpredictable way.
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Says O'Brien, «The concept of phase - mismatch
free nonlinear interactions provides a new degree of freedom in controlling the nonlinear dynamics in a metamaterial.
This provides a strategy to obtain a diversity of waveforms with multiple time scales out of
the nonlinear interaction of the neural populations and their intrinsic dynamics.
This restriction arises because the phase - matching process represents a balance between the momenta of the photons involved in
the nonlinear interactions, a balance that is disturbed when the momentum of one photon changes sign because of a direction change.»
«Even so, the probability that
this nonlinear interaction occurs on any given atom is less than winning the lottery.»
Sexton et al. (2003) did find some evidence for
a nonlinear interaction between the effects of greenhouse gases and the indirect effect of sulphate aerosols in the atmosphere - only version of HadCM3 forced by observed SSTs; the additional effect of combining greenhouse gases and indirect aerosol effects together was much smaller than each term separately but was found to be comparable to the warming due to increasing tropospheric ozone.
Yet making progress is challenging, in part because their dynamics involve three - dimensional, turbulent fluid motions on the scale of a few meters,
the nonlinear interaction of turbulence with the formation of cloud droplets, and the interaction of these cloud droplets with radiation (e.g. Wood (2012)-RRB-.
Nonlinear interactions between the climate and biogeochemical systems could amplify (positive feedbacks) or attenuate (negative feedbacks) the disturbances produced by human activities.
Facilitating and disinhibiting prosocial behaviors:
The nonlinear interaction of trait perspective taking and trait personal distress on volunteering