insulator
/ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/
insulator noun: a substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
Noun
insulator (plural insulators)
- A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
- Synonyms:
- insulant
- A non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity (see image)
- To isolate electrical wires from the pylons supporting them, one often uses glass insulators.
- A person who installs insulation.
- Alan Vasen worked as an insulator at this site from September 1968 through mid-April 1969. Mr. Vasen installed thousands of lineal feet of asbestos pipe covering and thousands of square feet of asbestos block insulation throughout the operating units of the Benicia refinery.2007, Kenneth S. Cohen, Expert Witnessing and Scientific Testimony: Surviving in the Courtroom
insulator meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
insulator in Hindi
- insulator
- विद्युतरोधी vidyutrodhī
insulator in Tamil
- மின்கடத்தாப் பொருள், கண்ணாடி, பீங்கான், மைகா போன்றவை மின்சாரத்தைக் கடத்துவதில்லை
insulator in Urdu
- حاجز, محافظ
insulator in Malayalam
- substance
- കുചാലകം kucālakaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- insulator in Kannada
- ಮಿನ್ತಡಕ, ಮಿಂದಡೆ
- insulator in Gujarati
- વીજરખું vījarkhũ
- insulator in Tagalog
- pambukod
- insulator in Malay
- penebat
- insulator in Indonesian
- isolator
- insulator in Thai
- ฉนวน chànŭan
- insulator in Vietnamese
- chất cách điện
Examples of insulator in a sentence
- Furthermore, the quantum thin film of germancite is found to be an intrinsic quantum spin Hall insulator.
- McIntire said, he was trying to develop a rubberlike polymer to be used as a flexible insulator.
- Our results suggest that the thermotransport measurements could be used for the characterization of state transition in topological insulators..
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Forms of insulator
| plural | insulators |
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Origin of insulator
From insulate + -or.
Words formed from insulator
Questions about insulator
- What does insulator mean?
- Insulator means a substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
- What is insulator in Hindi?
- Insulator in Hindi is विद्युतरोधी (vidyutrodhī). See Insulator meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is insulator?
- Insulator is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insulator?
- Insulator is pronounced /ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of insulator?
- The plural of insulator is insulators.
Words near insulator in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insulator (page history and authors); विद्युतरोधी (Hindi) (page history and authors); insulator (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insulator (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insulator (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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