American English pronunciation

How to pronounce insulator

IPA transcription: ['ɪnsə,leɪtɚ]

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Noun

  • 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.