non-conservativeadj.

Brit.

/ˌnɒnkənˈsəːvətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌnɑnkənˈsərvədɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, conservative adj.

Etymology: < non- prefix + conservative adj.

1. Not conservative in outlook, belief, or habits.

ΚΠ

1850 Ladies' Repository Dec. 401/1 These principles are strangely significant of the non-conservative, democratic, anon provincial, spirit of our government soul.

1932 Accounting Rev. 7 260/1 The extraordinary shrinkage in plant values..which we failed to accrue simply because of a non-conservative depreciation policy.

1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xii. 241 Almost everybody looks for ways to improve a situation, and ‘non-conservative’ behavior..becomes very possible.

1996 Family Planning Perspectives 28 222/3 One-third of the men were Catholic, 36% were nonconservative Protestant and 16% were conservative Protestant.

2. Physics. Of a force, field, system of particles, etc.: such that the work done in moving a particle from one point to another depends on the path taken.

ΚΠ

1867 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. ii. 280 It is easy to arrange a system artificially, in connexion with a source of energy, so that its forces of position shall be non-conservative.

1904 Mind 13 496 The existence or non-existence of non-conservative systems.

1962 D. R. Corson & P. Lorrain Introd. Electromagn. Fields vi. 219 We shall now extend the discussion to include time-dependent magnetic fields and the nonconservative electric fields which accompany them.

1999 Nature 25 Mar. 303/1 A frictionless pendulum with an oscillating support is a nonconservative Hamiltonian system.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non-conservative
释义	non-conservativeadj. Brit. /ˌnɒnkənˈsəːvətɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkənˈsərvədɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, conservative adj. Etymology: < non- prefix + conservative adj. 1. Not conservative in outlook, belief, or habits. ΚΠ 1850 Ladies' Repository Dec. 401/1 These principles are strangely significant of the non-conservative, democratic, anon provincial, spirit of our government soul. 1932 Accounting Rev. 7 260/1 The extraordinary shrinkage in plant values..which we failed to accrue simply because of a non-conservative depreciation policy. 1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xii. 241 Almost everybody looks for ways to improve a situation, and ‘non-conservative’ behavior..becomes very possible. 1996 Family Planning Perspectives 28 222/3 One-third of the men were Catholic, 36% were nonconservative Protestant and 16% were conservative Protestant. 2. Physics. Of a force, field, system of particles, etc.: such that the work done in moving a particle from one point to another depends on the path taken. ΚΠ 1867 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. I. ii. 280 It is easy to arrange a system artificially, in connexion with a source of energy, so that its forces of position shall be non-conservative. 1904 Mind 13 496 The existence or non-existence of non-conservative systems. 1962 D. R. Corson & P. Lorrain Introd. Electromagn. Fields vi. 219 We shall now extend the discussion to include time-dependent magnetic fields and the nonconservative electric fields which accompany them. 1999 Nature 25 Mar. 303/1 A frictionless pendulum with an oscillating support is a nonconservative Hamiltonian system. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1850
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