ólínulegri

ólínulegri is the comparative form of the Icelandic adjective ólínulegur, meaning non-linear. It is used in technical Icelandic to describe a relationship, model, or function that exhibits a greater degree of non-linearity than another. In mathematics, statistics, and the natural sciences, a curve or process described as ólínulegri signals that non-linear effects—such as curvature, saturation, or threshold behavior—are more pronounced than in a reference case. The term is not common in everyday language and appears mainly in academic or analytical writing as a relative descriptor rather than a fixed term.

The word is formed by adding the standard Icelandic comparative mechanism to the negated root ólínulegur (non-linear), yielding ólínulegri. This construction follows common patterns in Icelandic adjectives, where comparisons denote a higher degree of the described property. Because Icelandic morphology can vary with gender and case, the exact inflection of the word will adapt to its syntactic position in a sentence.

Attestation and usage: The term ólínulegri is not widely attested in standard dictionaries and is mostly found in specialized or theoretical texts, particularly in discussions of non-linear systems and models. In practice, writers may prefer explicit phrases that describe degrees of non-linearity or refer to non-linear relationships directly, depending on the context.