When they start to seize up a lot of non-linear effects-processes in which small causes have disproportionate effects-come into play, making it much harder to see what is going to happen next.

当气流开始运转不畅时，很多非线性效应——在这些效应过程中，细微因素能产生不相称的影响- - -发挥作用，进而更难以预测接下来会发生何事。

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This linear concept of time, which consists of a past, present and future does not constrain the effects of your thoughts and words.

线性概念的时间包括过去、现在和未来，它不会限制你的思想和话语的效果。

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In comparison with linear rolling in still water, the effects of nonlinear damping and righting moment on ship's rolling motions were analyzed.

通过与静水中线性横摇运动的比较，分析非线性阻尼力矩和非线性复原力矩对船舶横摇运动的影响。

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This could be important in future high-speed links, because when rates of data transfer approach 100 gigabits per second, non-linear effects begin to mess up the signals.

ECONOMIST: A new approach to making optical fibres

With a different hole design, crystal fibres can do the opposite trick as well, spreading the light much more evenly across the width of the fibre and thereby reducing non-linear effects.

ECONOMIST: A new approach to making optical fibres