Of course it is not linear, why do we even discuss that?

测试等，当然不是线性，但为何需要介意呢？

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To make things even more complex, the cycle of change is not linear.

有可能因为变革的周期不是线性的所以事情会更加复杂。

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If you try this example, you might notice that the motion is not linear.

如果试着运行这个例子，您会注意到这种运动并不是线性的。

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We have to make sure that, in fact, that operation is not linear.

事实上，操作不是线性的，那让我来解释下这一点吧。

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So, we need to fill our octet for selenium, so 1, 2, 3, 4.So, this is our Lewis structure here, hopefully you can see why it's not linear.

我们要填满硒原子的八配位，所以1，2，3，4。这就是Lewis结构，希望你们能看出来为什么它不是直线型的。

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Sometimes they challenge and contradict one another, but they are not best seen as linear, as telling a neat, linear story about Israelite religion flowering and fading.

有时候它们相互对质或矛盾，但它们从未被当作线性结构，整洁有序的故事,关于以色列宗教的兴盛与衰落。

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This time line is inherent to fundamental innovation, even when done optimally, for the process is not linear from research to development to product in the market.

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And by the way, the schedules are not linear.

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The design here is impeccable, a truly ambitious and exciting and gorgeous display of building a linear game that is not linear, an open world that is not open, filled to the brim with secrets and wonder.

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