non-corrosiveadj.
/ˌnɒnkəˈrəʊsɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkəˈroʊsɪv/ Not corrosive.
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1854 W. Johnson Armengaud's Pract. Draughtsman's Bk. Industr. Design 173/2 The whole chamber of the counter is filled with purified mineral naphtha, or other non-corrosive liquid.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 521/2 Pure white mercury, fixed by the virtue of white non-corrosive sulphur, engenders in mines a matter which fusion changes into silver.
1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation v. 66 A modern sextant is..made of non-corrosive light metal alloy.
1995 Canad. Horseman Mar. 39/2 (advt.) Made with heavy gauge, non-corrosive ‘Galvalume’ for long lasting, maintenance free good looks!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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