English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ opposing.

Adjective

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nonopposing (not comparable)

  1. Not opposing.
    • 1985, Reid J. Daitzman, Diagnosis and intervention in behavior therapy and behavioral medicine, Volume 2, page 62:
      Mock equilibration involved grinding nonopposing and nonsupporting tooth surfaces and was used as a control treatment with four patients.
    • 2010, Harvey I. Pass, David P. Carbone, David H. Johnson, Principles and Practice of Lung Cancer, page 68:
      Ten nonopposing and noncoplanar beams coming from various incident directions converge on the demarcated tumor target.