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nonstandart

nonstandart is the nonstandard spelling of nonstandard.

Meaning of nonstandard

Adjective

nonstandard (comparative more nonstandard, superlative most nonstandard)

  1. Not standard.
    Synonyms:
    unstandard
    Antonyms:
    standard
  2. Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
    • The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
      (91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs...1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 486
    Synonyms:
    substandard
  3. Using numbers or methods beyond those used in traditional analysis, often introducing new concepts like infinitesimals or hyperreal numbers in order to solve difficult problems.
    • A concise and simple exposition of nonstandard methods applied to delta functions and to other generalized functions.1990, R. F. Hoskins, Standard and Nonstandard Analysis, Fundamental Theory, Techniques, and Applications, page 230

See all 4 meanings of nonstandard

Forms of nonstandart

Adjective
comparativemore nonstandart
superlativemost nonstandart
Noun
pluralnonstandarts

Questions about nonstandart

What is nonstandart the nonstandard spelling of?
Nonstandart is the nonstandard spelling of nonstandard.

Words near nonstandart in the dictionary

  1. nonstandardizations
  2. nonstandardized
  3. nonstandardly
  4. nonstandardness
  5. nonstandards
  6. nonstandart
  7. nonstandarts
  8. nonstanding
  9. nonstanzaic
  10. nonstaphylococcal
  11. nonstaple

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