nonfurnace en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + furnace.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not of or pertaining to a furnace.
Considerable efforts are being made in Soviet ferrous metallurgy to expand the application of refinement of steel through nonfurnace processing — through vacuum, inert gases, and synthetic slag...
1989, Boris Z. Rumer, Soviet steel: the challenge of industrial modernization in the USSR: