nondestructively
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- adverb
- /ˌnɒndɪˈstrʌktɪvli/
- Specialized
- And because they have proven they can gather useful information quickly and nondestructively, they hope to extend the survey into private property surrounding the state park, where they believe additional traces of prehistoric Etowah lie buried beneath a trailer park, a pasture, and a sod farm.
Examples
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The tomographic reconstruction of a fossil is just one of many examples in which X-ray methods can nondestructively determine in exquisite detail the structural or chemical makeup of materials.
Academic text (2012) -
The most useful discoveries it grafted nondestructively into its core program.
Fiction book (2002) -
Who could doubt that openness and continual negotiation mark the proper subject position for operating nondestructively in our complex national and international culture?
Academic text (1994) -
The time evolution of the wavefunction of a single condensate has even been recorded nondestructively in real time (see, for example, figure 4).
Academic text (1999) -
The thickness of small plated features, such as individual lines, is measured nondestructively with a microprofilometer, preferably after the seed layer is removed.
Academic text (1998) -
The technician examined the old bridge nondestructively to ensure its safety before repairs were made.
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Using ultrasound technology, the doctor can assess the patient's condition nondestructively without causing any harm.
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They inspected the historical artifact nondestructively to preserve its original condition during the analysis.
Antonyms
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Morphology
nondestructively = nondestructive (transparent) = non + destruct + ive + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'nondestructive' by adding '-ly', and 'nondestructive' is transparently 'non-' + 'destructive'.
Etymology
Nondestructively is made from non- meaning 'not', destructive meaning 'causing damage', and -ly meaning 'in a ... way'. So, nondestructively means 'in a way that does not cause damage', for example testing or examining something without breaking it.