anelectric

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ electric.

Adjective

anelectric (not comparable)

1. Not becoming electrified by friction.

Antonyms

• idioelectric

Noun

anelectric (plural anelectrics)

1. Any substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
   • 1836, Patrick Murphy, Meteorology considered in its connexion with astronomy, climate, and the geographical distribution of animals and plants […] :

     […] the presence and union of an anelectric, with the idio-electric body, formed by the superficies of this its inferior region […]

References

• “anelectric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• intercecal