nonconductor

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Mica, which laymen know as isinglass, is mainly used in peacetime as a nonconductor for electrical equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where all the films are removed, the remaining glass is a nonconductor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through this spark-charged atmosphere, Lem Lemnitzer moved like a nonconductor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Evidently they put small faith in the "three thousand miles of cool sea-water" as a nonconductor of warfare!

From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert

A titanic shell of eight-inch cosmium, a space, with braces of the same nonconductor of heat, cosmium, and a two inch inner hull.

From Invaders from the Infinite by Campbell, John Wood