non-steam en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + steam.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of nonsteam
alt of nonsteam
With the non-steam types maximum power is there for the taking, as it were—at any time.
1960 April 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 263: