| 释义 |
non-conˈducting, ppl. a. Physics.
[non- 6.]
That does not conduct heat or electricity; that is a non-conductor.
1771Phil. Trans. LXI. 650 If any body is surrounded on all sides by the air, or other non-conducting substances, it is said to be insulated. 1821Ure Dict. Chem. s.v. Electricity, The crystalline arrangement always introduces non-conducting qualities. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 265/1 An adequate protection of the surface of the body by means of non-conducting down and imbricated feathers.
fig.1871Morley Condorcet in Crit. Misc. Ser. i. (1878) 34 If to be of this non-conducting temperament is impossible in the greatest characters. |