nonpoint en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + point.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of pollution) Not from one single determined point source
Other nonpoint sources of pollution are important.
1999 September 3, C. D. Harvell et al., “Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors”, in Science, volume 285, number 5433, →DOI, pages 1505–1510:But they don't deny the movement's achievements, and they want to do more about what they consider real problems, such as federally subsidized timber sales and nonpoint pollution of air and water.
1994 September 16, Harold Henderson, “Environment: The Manufactured Crisis”, in Chicago Reader: