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

It is a remarkably good nonconductor of electricity, and therefore it has been generally used to protect ocean cables, though recently rubber has been taking its place.

From Makers of Many Things by Tappan, Eva March

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