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nonconductor

noun as in insulation

Strong match

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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.

Paper can be so treated that it will either conduct electricity or become a nonconductor, as may be desired.

Strictly speaking, all substances conduct electricity in some degree, and a nonconductor is merely a bad conductor.

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

With an interposed nonconductor none of the chemical power becomes transferable.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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