non-destructive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From non- + destructive.
Adjective[edit]
non-destructive (not comparable)
- Alternative form of nondestructive
- 1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Rolling stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269:
- As to safety, the proportion of the components of passenger stock which develops faults or fails is very small; the incidence of defects should be decreased by better knowledge of the conditions in which they must function and by more extensive and more accurate use of non-destructive testing.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “non-destructive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.