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

The hair furnishes protection against extreme and sudden variations of temperature by reason of the fact that hairs are poor conductors of heat, and inclose between them a still layer of air, itself a nonconductor.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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