nonconductor

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Where all the films are removed, the remaining glass is 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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg

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 Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)