NPT

Noun

Meaning

Initialism of national pipe thread.

Initialism of nocturnal penile tumescence.

Initialism of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Examples

Article 11 of the NPT states that if we are threatened, we can act in secret. Ali Larijani

Without his mate to share his life, he was but a screen for events and circumstances to pass through. He was npt even empty, for he was no vessel to hold even the thinnest of air. He lived, though was not truly alive. J.R. Ward

After Brazil acceded to the NPT in 1998 the only remaining non-nuclear-weapons state which had not signed was Cuba, which joined NPT (and the Treaty of Tlatelolco NWFZ ) in 2002. Source: Internet

Although all these facilities at Yongbyon were to be under safeguards, there was always the risk that at some stage, the DPRK would withdraw from the NPT and use the plutonium for weapons. Source: Internet

All NPT non-weapons states must accept these full-scope safeguards. Source: Internet

Critics argue that the NPT cannot stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons or the motivation to acquire them. Source: Internet

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