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noncontact vs non-contact

Both "noncontact" and "non-contact" are correct. However, the hyphenated form "non-contact" is more commonly used in English. The hyphen is often used to connect prefixes to words to avoid confusion or ambiguity.
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noncontact

This is a correct form, but less common in English.

This form is used to describe situations or activities that do not involve physical contact.
  • Feb 7, 2023 ... The meaning of NONCONTACT is not involving contact. How to use noncontact in a sentence.
  • Dynamic balance performance and noncontact lower extremity injury in college football players: an initial study. Sports Health. 2013 Sep;5(5):417-22. doi: ...
  • Demographic information, injury history, and dynamic balance testing performance were collected, and noncontact lower extremity injuries were recorded over ...
  • Seventy percent of ACL injuries occur in noncontact situations. The risk factors for non-contact ACL injuries fall into four distinct categories: environmental, ...
  • Apr 18, 2013 ... The advantages of noncontact detection have drawn interests in various applications, such as energy smart home, baby monitor, ...
  • An understanding of the etiology and prevention of noncontact ACL injuries has lagged behind diagnosis and treatment. However, a growing research implicates ...
  • The possibility of determining the temperature of diamond by noncontact Raman spectroscopy is assessed critically. The intensity ratio of Stokes to ...
  • EnglishEdit. Alternative formsEdit · non-contact. EtymologyEdit · non- +‎ contact. AdjectiveEdit. noncontact (not comparable).

Alternatives:

  • non-contact
  • no contact
  • without contact
  • contactless
  • hands-off

non-contact

This is the more commonly used form in English.

This form is also used to describe situations or activities that do not involve physical contact. The hyphen is often used to connect prefixes to words to avoid confusion or ambiguity.
  • A non-contact force is a force applied to an object by another body that is not in direct contact with it. The most familiar example of a non-contact force is weight.
  • a sport in which players do not have physical contact with each other opposite contact sport. Check pronunciation: non-contact sport ...
  • Non Contact Sport. A sport in which the players are physically separated such as to make it nearly impossible for them to make physical contact during the ...
  • Apr 6, 2011 ... ... video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 6, 2011. Russian non-contact combat ...

Alternatives:

  • noncontact
  • no contact
  • without contact
  • contactless
  • hands-off

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