2. Adjective. That is not consumed (eaten) ¹
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Definition of Nonconsumptive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonconsumptive
Literary usage of Nonconsumptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Expenditures (including bird seed for backyard feeders, binoculars, cameras, and
film) by nonconsumptive participants 16 years of age and older totaled over ..."
2. Preparing for an Uncertain Climate by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1993)
"EFFECTS OF CLIMATE STRESS ON nonconsumptive USES OF WATER Many uses of water do not
... A primarily nonconsumptive use for water is power-plant cooling. ..."
3. Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path by Bertrand Le Gallic, Anthony Cox (2006)
"User Groups Fisheries consist of many different consumptive and nonconsumptive
user groups with different objectives and goals for the utilization offish ..."
4. Transcending Boundaries: Natural Resource Management from Summit to Sea edited by Rabel J. Burdge (2001)
"Concurrent with the shift to a postmodern society, nonconsumptive wildlife users
have begun to search for specialized experiences, which differentiate the ..."
5. Agricultural Resources & Environmental Indicators edited by Margot Anderson (1998)
"Water withdrawn for irrigation purposes is either consumed in a beneficial or
nonbeneficial use, or accounted for as nonconsumptive use—evaporation, ..."
6. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Joan Burrelli, Carolyn Arena, Carolyn Shettle, Deborah Fort (1998)
"Water withdrawn for irrigation purposes is either consumed in a beneficial or
nonbeneficial use, or accounted for as nonconsumptive use—evaporation, ..."
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