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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Made or done without stops.
  • adjective Unceasing; unremitting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A flight made without intermediate landings between source and destination.
  • adjective without an intermediate stop; -- of trips in public conveyances, especially of a flight.
  • adjective same as around-the-clock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Without stopping; without interruption or break;
  • adverb Without stopping; without interruption or break
  • noun A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination
  • adjective (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops
  • adjective at all times
  • adverb without stopping

Etymologies

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non- +‎ stop

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