nonconductor

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

They took a dry stick because it was a nonconductor of electricity, you know, and rolled the man over to one side, so he was out of reach of the wires.

From Walter and the Wireless by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

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