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US
/ˈɪnsəˌɫeɪtɝ/
]
[ UK /ˈɪnsuːlˌeɪtɐ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnsuːlˌeɪtɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
How To Use insulator In A Sentence
- Wool is fluffy and airy so it serves as an insulator to prevent the heat of the body from escaping.
- (In reality, the sheet might do better than the extra glass because it traps air underneath — also a better insulator than glass!) Jason Haas can’t find lightweight bottles that don’t look cheap | Dr Vino's wine blog
- Furthermore, their relative performance changes: down is a particularly poor insulator when wet, whereas other materials do not differ greatly when wet or dry.
- The integrated circuit further includes an adhesive formed over the insulator.
- One way to prevent flashover is to add some conductivity to the surface of the insulator, so charge can bleed away before it builds up.
- Each pole is composed of three independent single poles and each single pole is composed of base, insulator supporter and conductive parts.
- Did you know that overweight people tend to act as insulators and keep heat in?
- But the obese person in athletic competition is at great peril because the fat around his torso acts as an insulator, refusing to allow the body's heat to escape.
- An electrophorus consists of a flat insulator on which rests a removable metal plate.
- He had found several unbroken antique glass insulators which were hot items right now among the cityfolk who collected all sorts of strange things.