Definition of Nonconduction

1. n. The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

Definition of Nonconduction

1. Noun. Failure to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonconduction

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonconduction

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

Literary usage of Nonconduction

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

1. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"13 A few years later he offered a "speculation" about intimate nature of electrical conduction and nonconduction, and expressed his preference for the ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Operative Dentistry by Jonathan Taft (1859)
"This material may be gutta percha or Hill's Stopping;—and this, in the property of nonconduction, is superior to any other ;—or, in some cases, ..."

3. Handy Book for the Aid and Instruction of the Enlisted Men in the Engineer by Bruce Richardson Ware (1915)
"... valve chests, cylinder heads, valves, piping, etc., are carefully covered with a nonconduction material, such as magnesia or asbestos. ..."

4. Nonpareil Corkboard Insulation for Cold Storage Warehouses: Ice Plants by Armstrong cork company, Pittsburgh, Armstrong Cork Company (1915)
"The problem is, then, so far as the nonconduction of heat is concerned, to find some material which contains a large amount of entrapped air absolutely ..."

5. The Correlation of Physical Forces by William Robert Grove (1874)
"We see similar effects to those of electricity produced by sonorous vibrations, which might be called conduction and nonconduction of sound. ..."

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