nonfossil

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adjective

Not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel

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Meanings

adjectivenonfossil (not comparable)

alternative non-fossil

  1. not comparableNot a fossil, or not a fossil fuel

    Radiocarbon analysis allows fossil and nonfossil sources of black carbon and organic carbon to be identified.

    2009 January 23, Sonke Szidat, “ATMOSPHERE: Sources of Asian Haze”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI

Origin

From non- + fossil.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nonfossil

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Cite this entry
APA

nonfossil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfossil

MLA

“nonfossil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfossil. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfossil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfossil.

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