non-nuclear

non·nu·clear

[non-noo-klee-er, -nyoo- or, by metathesis, -kyuh-ler]
adjective
not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.

Origin:
1950–55; non- + nuclear


See nuclear.
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non-nuclear
 
adj
1.  not of, concerned with, or operated by energy from fission or fusion of atomic nuclei: non-nuclear weapons
2.  not involving, concerned with, or possessing nuclear weapons: non-nuclear states

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