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| coaxial cable |
a high-frequency electronic transmission cable that has two layers of conductive material, one inside the other and separated by insulation. |
| dielectric |
not conductive of electricity. [1/2 definitions] |
| magnetohydrodynamics |
(used with a sing. verb) the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of electrically conductive fluids, such as ionized gas or molten metal, in a magnetic field. |
| nonconductive |
combined form of conductive. |
| printed circuit |
an electric circuit in which the interconnections are formed not by wires but by lines or strips of a conductive material printed, etched, or otherwise deposited on an insulating sheet. |
| trachea |
a similar conductive tube or vessel in an insect or plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| vascular bundle |
in botany, an aggregate plant unit composed of strands of conductive and supportive tissue. |
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