Additive and Nonlinear

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Additive adjective - Designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree.

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Nonlinear is an antonym for additive.

Nearby Words: addition, additional

Nonlinear adjective - Designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree.

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Additive is an antonym for nonlinear.

This naturally produces additive effects when sliders combine to affect total height; the alternative is to define first absolute scales, then relative proportions, then individual sliders (producing feedback to other sliders), then nonlinear slider-vertex connections.

Source: Not Drawn to Scale

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