Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not electric; conducting electricity: now disused.
- noun A substance that is not an electric, or one that transmits electricity, as metals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective archaic Not electric; conducting electricity.
- adjective Not powered by electricity; -- of machines, tools, or devices.
- noun (Physics), archaic A substance that is not an insulator (i. e., an electric); that which transmits electricity, as a metal; a conductor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
electric ; not operated byelectricity . - adjective Not capable of
conducting electricity.
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Examples
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To supply his traveling gear, Mr. Hurt, 59 years old, enlisted the Coleman Co., which provided him with a sleeping bag, tent and nonelectric coffee maker, as well as $2,500.
This Book Brought to You by... Erica Orden 2011
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Some cynics—citing his relative anonymity and his, well, nonelectric personal style—will scoff.
Minnesota's Dark Horse Catches Some Big Breaks Gerald F. Seib 2011
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Outfitted with a battery and motor, electric bikes weigh as much as 20 pounds more than their nonelectric counterparts.
The Best In… 2011
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I have been a devotee of my nonelectric Chemex drip coffeemaker for decades, but most people I know prefer an electric coffeemaker.
The City Cook Kate McDonough 2010
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The nonelectric coolers instead use natural gas (or some other source of heat) to boil a special liquid, a lithium bromide solution, and when the vapors from that solution condense, they cool whatever is near them.
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Compared with typical compression systems, nonelectric air-conditioning as Broad makes it will always require less energy per unit of cooling, because when energy is converted from one form to another, some of it is lost.
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Compared with typical compression systems, nonelectric air-conditioning as Broad makes it will always require less energy per unit of cooling, because when energy is converted from one form to another, some of it is lost.
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He states that the “nonelectric coolers … boil a special liquid, a lithium bromide solution, and when the vapors from that solution condense, they cool whatever is near them.”
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The nonelectric coolers instead use natural gas (or some other source of heat) to boil a special liquid, a lithium bromide solution, and when the vapors from that solution condense, they cool whatever is near them.
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He states that the “nonelectric coolers … boil a special liquid, a lithium bromide solution, and when the vapors from that solution condense, they cool whatever is near them.”
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