A Neurologist is a physician who treats nervous system disorders, including diseases of the spinal cord, nerves, and the brain. A Neurologist examines nerves in the head and neck, muscle movement, balance, reflexes, memory and speech.
(nonâ³linâ²Ä-Är) Not linear; not obeying a linear relationship. In mathematics, a linear equation may be given in the form y = mx + b, where x is the independent variable, and y is the dependent variable. A nonlinear relationship cannot be represented by such an equation.
Another kind of nonlinear function is a quadratic function. In a quadratic function, the independent variable (x) is multiplied by itselfâin many cases, itâs squared. (The name comes from the Latin word for square.