anelectric

English

Etymology

an- +‎ electric

Adjective

anelectric (not comparable)

Not becoming electrified by friction.

Antonyms

idioelectric

Noun

anelectric (plural anelectrics)

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

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