nonconductor
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Where all the films are removed, the remaining glass is a nonconductor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mica, which laymen know as isinglass, is mainly used in peacetime as a nonconductor for electrical equipment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through this spark-charged atmosphere, Lem Lemnitzer moved like a nonconductor.
From Time Magazine Archive
With an interposed nonconductor none of the chemical power becomes transferable.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
It is a remarkably good nonconductor of electricity, and therefore it has been generally used to protect ocean cables, though recently rubber has been taking its place.
From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March
