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Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.

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  1. n. Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.
  2. n. a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
  3. Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.
  4. Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by aprocess different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction;a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from theelectrifying body.
  5. j:100 n a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity