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noncontacting

noncontacting adjective: not making contact.

Adjective

noncontacting (not comparable)

  1. Not making contact.
    • We have shown that fast sampling is possible using noncontacting laser probing, and we have presented a working preliminary configuration for the sensor.2016, Mirco Imlau, Hauke Bruening, Kay-Michael Voit, Juliane Tschentscher, Volker Dieckmann, “Riblet Sensor -- Light Scattering on Micro Structured Surface Coatings”, in arXiv

Origin of noncontacting

From non- + contacting.

Questions about noncontacting

What does noncontacting mean?
Noncontacting means not making contact.
What part of speech is noncontacting?
Noncontacting is an adjective.

Words near noncontacting in the dictionary

  1. nonconsumption
  2. nonconsumptive
  3. noncontact
  4. noncontactable
  5. noncontacted
  6. noncontacting
  7. noncontacts
  8. noncontagion
  9. noncontagionist
  10. noncontagionists
  11. noncontagious

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