nonfossil

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ fossil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nonfossil (not comparable)

  1. Not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel
    • 2009 January 23, Sonke Szidat, “ATMOSPHERE: Sources of Asian Haze”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI:
      Radiocarbon analysis allows fossil and nonfossil sources of black carbon and organic carbon to be identified.

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