nonmonotonically

adverb

In a way that is not monotonic.

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Meanings

adverbnonmonotonically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a way that is not monotonic.

    Surprisingly, we find that the model parameters behave nonmonotonically as we change the oscillation frequency and/or the gel concentration.

    2015, Thomas Gibaud, Christophe Perge, Stefan B. Lindstrom, Nicolas Taberlet, Sebastien Manneville, “Multiple yielding processes in a colloidal gel under large amplitude oscillatory stress”, in arXiv

Origin

From non- + monotonically.

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