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
It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg
With an interposed nonconductor none of the chemical power becomes transferable.
From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael
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