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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

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

On this point he remarks that the evil effects of the scale are due to the fact that it is relatively a nonconductor of heat.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various

All you have to do is wrap your core with a nonconductor, say nylon thread, and presto, nothing comes out.

From Sense from Thought Divide by Dongen, H. R. van