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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
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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