noncontact

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adjective

Not involving physical contact.

OriginEnglish contact ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenoncontact (not comparable)

alternative non-contact

  1. not comparableNot involving physical contact.

    Stephon Marbury (sore left knee) participated in noncontact drills and is expected to play tomorrow.

    2007 February 2, Howard Beck, “Ariza Is Gone, but Trade Continues to Confound Knicks”, in New York Times
nounnoncontact (plural noncontacts)

plural noncontacts · alternative non-contact

  1. A potential respondent to a survey etc. who fails to make contact.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishcontact
  15. Englishnoncontact

From non- + contact.

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Translations

Polish bezdotykowy, bezstykowy
  • bezdotykowyTranslations
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Cite this entry
APA

noncontact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontact

MLA

“noncontact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontact. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncontact,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncontact.

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