American English pronunciation
How to pronounce insulator
IPA transcription: ['ɪnsə,leɪtɚ]
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Noun
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a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
Usage examples
- It is therefore used in the industrial series production of electrical insulators, for example.
- Effectively, the semiconductor changes abruptly from being an insulator into being a conductor.
- However, the invention of super insulator materials has made this technology obsolete.
- Busbars carry large currents through the switchboard, and are supported by insulators.