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nondisappearing

nondisappearing adjective: being the kind of gun carriage that is not a disappearing carriage.

Adjective

nondisappearing (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Being the kind of gun carriage that is not a disappearing carriage.
    • Allotments were made for the test of the gun-lift battery and the nondisappearing barbette carriages.1896, Fifth Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, page 15
    • 12-inch gun-lift carriages, altered to nondisappearing.1902, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War (part 1, page 9)

Origin of nondisappearing

From non- + disappearing.

Questions about nondisappearing

What does nondisappearing mean?
Nondisappearing means being the kind of gun carriage that is not a disappearing carriage.
What part of speech is nondisappearing?
Nondisappearing is an adjective.

Words near nondisappearing in the dictionary

  1. nondirty
  2. nondisabled
  3. nondisabling
  4. nondisadvantaged
  5. nondisagreement
  6. nondisappearing
  7. nondisarmament
  8. nondisassembling
  9. nondisaster
  10. nondisastrous
  11. nondisbursed

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