- non-proliferation
- non-proliferation (n.) also nonproliferation, 1965, from NON- (Cf. non-) + PROLIFERATION (Cf. proliferation); originally in reference to nuclear weapons.
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non-prolifération — [ nɔ̃prɔliferasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1966; de non et prolifération ♦ Polit. Limitation de la quantité (d armes nucléaires dans le monde). Traité de non prolifération. ● non prolifération nom féminin Limitation de la production et du stockage des armes… … Encyclopédie Universelle
non-proliferation — non prolife ration n [U] the limiting of the number of ↑nuclear or chemical weapons in the world, especially by stopping countries that do not yet have them from developing them ▪ Over 20 countries have now signed the Nuclear Non proliferation… … Dictionary of contemporary English
non-proliferation — ► NOUN ▪ the prevention of an increase or spread of something, especially possession of nuclear weapons … English terms dictionary
non-proliferation — also nonproliferation N UNCOUNT: usu N n Non proliferation is the limiting of the production and spread of something such as nuclear or chemical weapons. France today announced its plans to join the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty... The… … English dictionary
non-proliferation — noun Non proliferation is used before these nouns: ↑regime, ↑treaty … Collocations dictionary
non-proliferation — noun (U) the aim of limiting the number of nuclear or chemical weapons in the world, especially by stopping countries that do not yet have them from developing them: the nuclear non proliferation treaty … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
non-proliferation — UK / US noun [uncountable] a policy of preventing any increase in the number of chemical weapons that countries have a non proliferation treaty … English dictionary
Non-prolifération nucléaire — Prolifération nucléaire Rouge : les cinq grandes puissances nucléaires Orange foncé : les autres puissances nucléaires déclarés officiellement Orange clair : les États suspectés de posséder l arme nucléaire Pourpre : les É … Wikipédia en Français
Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Treaty on the — ▪ international agreement also called Nuclear Non proliferation Treaty agreement of July 1, 1968, signed by the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), and 59 other states, under which… … Universalium
Non-Proliferation-Abkommen — Vorbereitungskonferenz für die 2010er Überprüfungskonferenz des NVV, 2008 im Palast der Nationen in Genf Der Atomwaffensperrvertrag oder Nichtverbreitungsvertrag, (NVV, englisch Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, NPT), ist ein… … Deutsch Wikipedia
