non-destructive en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + destructive.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of nondestructive.
alt of nondestructive
This type of physical testing by the non-destructive test is performed to check the welding quality in a closed container such as tanks and pressure vessels.
2021 February 23, Ramakant Sharma, “Weld Testing Methods: Destructive & Non-Destructive”, in Cruxweld, archived from the original on 25 May 2025:As to safety, the proportion of the components of passenger stock which develops faults or fails is very small; the incidence of defects should be decreased by better knowledge of the conditions in which they must function and by more extensive and more accurate use of non-destructive testing.
1963 April, “Beyond the Channel: France: Rolling stock of the future”, in Modern Railways, page 269: