Insulator

In′su-laˊtor

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Noun.

1.

One who, or that which, insulates.

Insulator

IN'SULATOR

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Noun.

In electrical experiments, the substance or body that insulates, or interrupts the communication of electricity to surrounding objects; a non-conductor or electric.

insulator

English

Noun

insulator ‎(plural insulators)

A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
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.

Synonyms

(substance) insulant
isolation

Antonyms

conductor

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Translations

substance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 絕緣體 (zh), 绝缘体 (zh) ‎(juéyuántǐ), 絕緣子 (zh), 绝缘子 (zh) ‎(juéyuánzǐ)
Czech: izolátor m
Dutch: isolator (nl) m, isolatiemateriaal (nl) n
Finnish: eriste (fi)
French: isolateur (fr)
German: Isolator (de) m, Nichtleiter (de) m
Greek: μονωτής (el) m ‎(monotís)
Hungarian: szigetelőanyag (hu)
Icelandic: einangrari m, einangri m, einangur m
Italian: isolante (it)
Macedonian: изолатор m ‎(izolátor)

Maori: ārai, ārai hiko (of electricity), ārai wera (of heat), ārai matao (of cold), ārai parawhiti (of radiation)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: isolator m

NYnorsk: isolator m
Polish: izolator m
Portuguese: isolante (pt)
Romanian: izolator (ro) n, material de izolare n
Russian: изоля́тор (ru) m ‎(izoljátor)
Serbo-Croatian: изолатор m ‎(izolator)
Spanish: aislante (es)
Swedish: isolering (sv)
Tagalog: pambukod
Thai: ฉนวน (th) ‎(chànŭan)
Turkish: yalıtkan (tr)

structure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 絕緣體 (zh), 绝缘体 (zh) ‎(juéyuántǐ), 絕緣子 (zh), 绝缘子 (zh) ‎(juéyuánzǐ)
Dutch: isolatie (nl) f
Finnish: eristys (fi) (heat and sound), eristin (fi) (electricity)
Hungarian: szigetelés (hu)
Macedonian: изолатор m ‎(izolátor)
Maori: ārai
Norwegian:

Bokmål: isolator m

Nynorsk: isolator m

Polish: izolator m
Russian: изоля́тор (ru) m ‎(izoljátor)
Serbo-Croatian: изолатор m ‎(izolator)
Swedish: isolator (sv) c

Latin

Verb

īnsulātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of īnsulō
third-person singular future passive imperative of īnsulō

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Insulator

In′su-laˊtor

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Insulator

IN'SULATOR

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