nonconductor
noun
a substance that does not readily conduct heat, sound, or electricity.
nonconducting
-
a word derived from
nonconductor.
Example Sentences
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The Josephson junction is structured like a sandwich, consisting of a layer of nonconducting material squeezed between two layers of superconducting metal.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024
The mounting pressure within stars and planets can cause metals to become nonconducting insulators.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023
These have nonconducting cases, such as power tools with impact resistant plastic cases, and are called doubly insulated.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Because it can be either electrically conducting or nonconducting, depending on the impurities added to it.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If we could surround an electrified body with a nonconducting substance," said Professor Musschenbroek, "we could imprison it; we could accumulate and store it."
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by H. Winthrop Pierce
