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Definition of Nonconductor
1. Noun. A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.
Specialized synonyms: Bushing, Mineral Wool, Rock Wool, Glass Wool
Generic synonyms: Material, Stuff
Antonyms: Conductor
Derivative terms: Insulate
Definition of Nonconductor
1. n. A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.
Definition of Nonconductor
1. Noun. any material that does not conduct electricity; a dielectric ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonconductor
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nonconductor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonconductor
Literary usage of Nonconductor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Natural Philosophy: V. 5 Electricity, Magnetism, and Acoustics by Dionysius Lardner (1874)
"Action of an electrified body on a nonconductor not electrified.— 1°. ...
Its action on a nonconductor charged with opposite electricity. — 3°. ..."
2. Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy by Dionysius Lardner, George Carey Foster (1874)
"Action of an electrified body on a nonconductor not electrified.— 1°. ...
Its action on a nonconductor charged with opposite electricity. — 3°. ..."
3. Elements of Chemical Philosophy by Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy (1812)
"When a nonconductor, or imperfect conductor, provided it be a thin plate of
matter, placed upon a conductor, is brought in contact with an excited ..."
4. Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied, for the Use of by Adolphe Ganot (1893)
"725. conductors and nonconductor*.—When a dry glass rod, rubbed at one end, is
brought near an electroscope, that part only will be electrified which has ..."
5. A Manual of Chemistry, on the Basis of Professor Brande's: Containing the by William Thomas Brande (1828)
"Glass is a nonconductor when cold, but conducts when red-hot ; the diamond is a
nonconductor, but pure and well-burned charcoal is among the best conductors ..."
6. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"In a nonconductor the extent of the rotation is in direct proportion to the force
applied, and is therefore determined by the magnitude of the electromotive ..."
7. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"The asphalte, pitch, wax, resin, or other nonconductor of electricity, capable
of being liquified by heat, and afterwards becoming concrete by cold, ..."
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