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non-fossil

non-fossil is the alternative form of nonfossil.

Meaning of nonfossil

Adjective

nonfossil (not comparable)

  1. Not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel
    • Radiocarbon analysis allows fossil and nonfossil sources of black carbon and organic carbon to be identified.2009 January 23, Sonke Szidat, “ATMOSPHERE: Sources of Asian Haze”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI

Origin of non-fossil

From non- + fossil.

Questions about non-fossil

What is non-fossil the alternative form of?
Non-fossil is the alternative form of nonfossil.

Words near non-fossil in the dictionary

  1. non-food
  2. non-foods
  3. non-forecast airlift
  4. non-formal
  5. non-formal learning
  6. non-fossil
  7. non-fossiliferous
  8. non-franchised
  9. non-free software
  10. non-freeware
  11. non-fren

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