nonfiring
English
Etymology
non- + firing
Adjective
nonfiring (not comparable)
- That does not fire.
- 1970, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear applications and technology, Volume 8
- The level of europium found on the web of the nonfiring hand is significantly different from the levels on the palms and backs of the hand...
- 1993, Cease Firing (in Popular Mechanics volume 170, number 9, September 1993)
- In relatively short order, he became one of the leading distributors of nonfiring guns in the world.
- 1970, American Nuclear Society, Nuclear applications and technology, Volume 8
Noun
nonfiring (uncountable)
- Absence of firing; failure to fire.
- 1958, James Thomas Culbertson, Mathematics and logic for digital devices
- The Firing and Nonfiring of Receptors
- 1958, James Thomas Culbertson, Mathematics and logic for digital devices