The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nonconducting \Non`con*duct"ing\, a. Not conducting; nonconductive; not transmitting a fluid or force; -- used especially of electric current; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.
Wiktionary
a. That does not conduct (electricity or heat).
WordNet
adj. not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound [syn: nonconductive] [ant: conductive]
Usage examples of "nonconducting".
Thus, if lead is defined as a nonconducting metal, then the judgment that lead does not conduct electricity is an analytically true judgment.
Their bodies were suddenly bright against the dark plate of nonconducting material, very precious on a planet where everything conducts.
There was no more nonconducting gum on the planet than what could be seen here today, so these very fibers had been woven and rewoven many times, into many patterns and pictures over the generations.
Gas-buoyed, waterproof, hail-proof, nonconducting Flickers with pipe and nozzle fitting all types of generator.
The other wire came free from the wall socket with the aid of a nonconducting ruler he found in his desk.
A week or so before, Petra had driven a public works truck around the mall, seemingly examining pavement, but really sending seismic mini-shocks through the ground, outlining the nonconducting empty space that hung under the plant store like a giant egg.
Except for the nonconducting qualities of the cloth, the flesh would already have been broiled on their bones.