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Plural of insulator

regular plural

The plural of insulator is insulators.

Forms of insulator

Singularinsulator /ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Pluralinsulators
Countablecountable

Insulators in a sentence

  • To isolate electrical wires from the pylons supporting them, one often uses glass insulators.
  • Our results suggest that the thermotransport measurements could be used for the characterization of state transition in topological insulators..2016, Zengji Yue, Qinjun Chen, Chao Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, “Thermoelectric signals of state transition in polycrystalline SmB6”, in arXiv. From the entry thermotransport
  • In a geomedium, the solid particles act as insulators while soil moisture acts largely as the conductor of the electric current.2000, Donald L. Wise, Remediation Engineering of Contaminated Soils, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry geomedium
  • Ezra Cornell's glass drawerknobs proved to be a prototype as glass insulators became popular in America, while Europeans favored earthenware.1992, Paul Israel, From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory, page 59. From the entry drawerknob
  • The links should be provided with flexible leads which can be plugged into a pair of jacktop insulators mounted near the coil jack strip.1952, The Radio Amateur's Handbook - Volume 29, page 329. From the entry jacktop

Meaning of insulator

  1. noun A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
  2. noun A non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity (see image).
  3. noun A person who installs insulation.

Full definition of insulator

Questions about the plural of insulator

What is the plural of insulator?
The plural of insulator is insulators.
Is insulator countable?
Insulator is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: insulator (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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