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nonconductor

[non-kuhn-duhk-ter] / ˌnɒn kənˈdʌk tər /
NOUN
insulation
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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

Zinc is the best nonconductor of heat that I know of.

From Doctor Jones' Picnic by Chapman, S. E. (Samuel E.)

The use of electricity for this purpose is made possible by the fact that comparatively dry cotton is a nonconductor of electricity.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various