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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity;
[syn: insulator, dielectric, nonconductor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nonconductor \Non`con*duct"or\, n. (Physics) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nonconductor n 1: a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity [syn: insulator, dielectric, nonconductor] [ant: conductor]