- nonthermal
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nonthermal — adjective Date: circa 1964 not produced by heat; specifically of, relating to, or being radiation having a spectrum that is not the spectrum of a blackbody … New Collegiate Dictionary
nonthermal — adj.; nonthermally, adv. * * * … Universalium
nonthermal — adjective Not thermal; not produced by heat … Wiktionary
nonthermal — non•ther′mal adj. ly, adv … From formal English to slang
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