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  • adjective Not conductive (of heat, sound, electricity etc.)

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  • adjective not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound

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Examples

  • EEStor is instead creating better nonconductive material for use between the metal sheets, using a chemical compound called barium titanate.

    Battery Breakthrough | Impact Lab 2007

  • His hope that his foe's embedded sword would carry an electrical charge through the armor was not realized-either the Hirogen missed a power junction or the metal was nonconductive.

    Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

  • Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 09: 30 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff reports that Apple may have unceremoniously added a nonconductive material to the band of the iPhone 4 which should nullify signal reduction caused by hand contact.

    LOOPRumors 2010

  • Sales Pitch: This nonconductive substance has many uses: I have discovered it can even erase pencil marks.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • Cabling options for CXP optical products include 24-fibre round OFNP (optical fibre nonconductive plenum) rated jackets in 3. 8mm and 5. 4mm diameters filling both shorter rack-to-rack and longer riser cabling requirements.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

  • Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 09: 30 AM | Posted by LOOPRumors Staff reports that Apple may have unceremoniously added a nonconductive material to the band of the iPhone 4 which should nullify signal reduction caused by hand contact.

    LOOPRumors 2010

  • "We were surprised by this, as it runs counter to accepted thinking about the behavior of nonconductive materials," Hunt said.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Cabling options for CXP optical products include 24-fibre round OFNP (optical fibre nonconductive plenum) rated jackets in 3. 8mm and 5. 4mm diameters filling both shorter rack-to-rack and longer riser cabling requirements.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

  • The fix they found is to use duct tape or other nonconductive material to cover the spot on the lower left of the phone which causes ...

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now ,Steven Musil 2010

  • Cabling options for CXP optical products include 24-fibre round OFNP (optical fibre nonconductive plenum) rated jackets in 3. 8mm and 5. 4mm diameters filling both shorter rack-to-rack and longer riser cabling requirements.

    Electronicstalk - electronics industry news 2010

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