| Nonconductor (n.) A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity. Thesaurus Entries conduction, conductivity, conductor, dielectric, electric conduction, electrode conductance, gas conduction, grid conductance, input conductance, insulator, ionic conduction, liquid conduction, metallic conduction, mho, nonconductor, output conductance, photoconduction, plate conductance, semiconductor, superconductivity, superconductor, transfer conductance |