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nonaccumulative

adj — 2 senses

nonaccumulative

adj

Etymology From non- + accumulative.

1

Not accumulative; that does not accumulate.

  • It is characterized by low rotor inertia, no drift, and nonaccumulative positioning error.1979, Benjamin C. Kuo, Step motors and control systems, page 2:
  • Nonaccumulative additional sick leave benefits shall be allowed to teachers according to the following schedule:1983, New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly. Labor Committee, Public Hearing Before Assembly Labor Committee on A-585 (proposes Various Amendments to the Employer-Employee Relations Act):

nonaccumulative

adj

Etymology From non- + accumulative.

1

Tending to avoid accumulation.

  • Curiously, the key protagonists in both camps accepted the idea of a specific "peasant" economy, mode of production, or production form (e.g., de Appendini and Almeida 1976: 36-37; Stavenhagen 1978; Warman 1980; Bartra 1978: 75-90) distinguished from the capitalist economy by its undifferentiated and nonaccumulative character—even though admittedly inserted in, and surrounded by, capitalism.2012, Scott Cook, Leigh Binford, Obliging Need: Rural Petty Industry in Mexican Capitalism, page 17:
  • The feast was actually a nonaccumulative practice and a way of getting rid of excessive wealth accumulated over years of subsistence economic practices.2016, Tezenlo Thong, Colonization, Proselytization, and Identity, page 20:

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