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Non-conducting   /nɑn-kəndˈəktɪŋ/   Listen
Non-conducting

adjective
1.
Not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound.  Synonyms: nonconducting, nonconductive.






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"Non-conducting" Quotes from Famous Books



... This must be made of a non-conducting material. Of substances that will answer, I will mention: wood, porcelain, soapstone, vulcanized rubber, or glass. In choosing one of these materials, regard should be had to the facility of attaching the electrodes. In this respect wood deserves the preference over all the others mentioned. ...
— The Electric Bath • George M. Schweig

... maker works on the center, m, having an armature on its opposite end. On contact being made, at the same time that the magnet, D, is operated, the one at L is also operated, attracting the armature, and throwing over the end of the contact maker, l, on to the non-conducting side of the pin on the disk. Thus the whole movement is rendered practically instantaneous, and the magnet at D is set at liberty for the next operation. A resistance can be interposed at L, if necessary, to regulate the ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XXI., No. 531, March 6, 1886 • Various



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