non-destructive

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ destructive.

Adjective

non-destructive (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of nondestructive
   • 1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Rolling stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269:

     As to safety, the proportion of the components of passenger stock which develops faults or fails is very small; the incidence of defects should be decreased by better knowledge of the conditions in which they must function and by more extensive and more accurate use of non-destructive testing.

Derived terms

• non-destructive read

References

• “non-destructive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.