nonstandard

comparative more nonstandard · superlative most nonstandard · alternative non-standard

1. Not standard.

   Synonyms: unstandard · Antonyms: standard

2. human sciencesNot conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

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   The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates: (91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)

   1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 486

   Synonyms: substandard

3. mathematicsUsing numbers or methods beyond those used in traditional analysis, often introducing new concepts like infinitesimals or hyperreal numbers in order to solve difficult problems.

   A concise and simple exposition of nonstandard methods applied to delta functions and to other generalized functions.

   1990, R. F. Hoskins, Standard and Nonstandard Analysis, Fundamental Theory, Techniques, and Applications, page 230

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   For these reasons, a number of nonstandard methods have been developed to ensure that the numerical solutions preserve the properties of the model.

   2018, Seyed M. Moghadas, Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Mathematical Modelling, A Graduate Textbook

plural nonstandards · alternative non-standard

1. Something that is not standard.

   Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.

   2008, Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista, page 438