† anti-conductorn.
Obsolete.
In a frictional electrostatic machine: a glass tube in which the static charge induced is of opposite polarity to that induced in the prime conductor (see conductor n. 12b).Apparently an isolated use.
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1779 W. Swift in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 69 454 One particular addition I have made to the apparatus consists in what I call an anti-conductor: it is exactly like the prime conductor, but..when the cylinder is put in motion, the anti-conductor is charged negatively.
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