nonfossil

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ fossil.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒsəl

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^[1], volume 323, number 5913, →DOI:

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

Alternative forms

• non-fossil