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nonpoint

nonpoint adjective: not from one single determined point source.

Adjective

nonpoint (not comparable)

  1. Not from one single determined point source
    • Other nonpoint sources of pollution are important.1999 September 3, C. D. Harvell et al., “Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors”, in Science, volume 285, number 5433, →DOI, pages 1505–1510
    • But they don't deny the movement's achievements, and they want to do more about what they consider real problems, such as federally subsidized timber sales and nonpoint pollution of air and water.1994 September 16, Harold Henderson, “Environment: The Manufactured Crisis”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of nonpoint

From non- + point.

Questions about nonpoint

What does nonpoint mean?
Nonpoint means not from one single determined point source.
What part of speech is nonpoint?
Nonpoint is an adjective.

Words near nonpoint in the dictionary

  1. nonpoet
  2. nonpoetic
  3. nonpoetical
  4. nonpoetry
  5. nonpoets
  6. nonpoint
  7. nonpointer
  8. nonpointers
  9. nonpointlike
  10. nonpoints
  11. nonpoisoned

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