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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Glass is a nonconductor of electricity, and water is a good conductor.

From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop

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