Definition of Nonconducting

1. Adjective. Not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound.

Exact synonyms: Non-conducting, Nonconductive
Antonyms: Conductive

Definition of Nonconducting

1. a. Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.

Definition of Nonconducting

1. Adjective. That does not conduct (electricity or heat). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonconducting

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Nonconducting

1. Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonconducting

nonconcurrences
nonconcurrent
nonconcurring
nonconcurs
nonconcussed
noncondemning
noncondensable
noncondensate
noncondensed
noncondensible
noncondensing
nonconditional
nonconditionally
nonconditioned
nonconducting (current term)
nonconduction
nonconductive
nonconductivity
nonconductor
nonconductors
nonconference
nonconfessing
nonconfession
nonconfessional
nonconfessions
nonconfidence
nonconfidences
nonconfident
nonconfidential

Literary usage of Nonconducting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Papers by Oliver Heaviside (1894)
"Conducting Sphere in a nonconducting Dielectric. Circular Fortuity of e. ... When it is a uniform conducting medium inside, and nonconducting outside, ..."

2. Pipe Fitting Charts for Steam & Hot Water: Also Galvanized Iron Piping for by William Gage Snow (1912)
"If walls are thin or are chiefly of terra cotta the back of the recess should be sheathed with nonconducting material, the top and sides being similarly ..."

3. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1839)
"What I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by letters patent, is the application of any nonconducting material as aforesaid, in the manner above ..."

4. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1839)
"Various nonconducting materials may be employed for the purpose, such as sawdust, pulverized cork, rice chaff, or any other which ..."

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