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nontermination

nontermination noun: failure to terminate.

Noun

nontermination (uncountable)

  1. Failure to terminate.
    • The nontermination clause forced the two companies to renew their contract.
    • Nontermination of a computer program can cause the system to hang.

Origin of nontermination

From non- + termination.

Questions about nontermination

What does nontermination mean?
Nontermination means failure to terminate.
What part of speech is nontermination?
Nontermination is a noun.

Words near nontermination in the dictionary

  1. nonterminal symbols
  2. nonterminally
  3. nonterminals
  4. nonterminated
  5. nonterminating
  6. nontermination
  7. nonterminative
  8. nonterminological
  9. nonterms
  10. nonternary
  11. nonterpenoid

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