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
They have in them two pieces of tinfoil separated by glass, which is a nonconductor of electric currents, and various other acids and minerals.
From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
Evidently they put small faith in the "three thousand miles of cool sea-water" as a nonconductor of warfare!
From The World Decision by Robert Herrick
