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NON-CONDUCTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does non-conducting mean? 

NON-CONDUCTING (adjective)
  The adjective NON-CONDUCTING has 1 sense:

1. not able to conduct heat or electricity or soundplay

  Familiarity information: NON-CONDUCTING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NON-CONDUCTING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound

Synonyms:

non-conducting; nonconducting; nonconductive


 Context examples 


A non-conducting board to which electronic components are attached.

(Circuit Board Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Their methods are as reasonable as to try to pour some precious stuff from the spring to the reservoir through a non-conducting pipe, which could by the least effort be opened.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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