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Meanings of electrical insulator in anglès

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изоляция
portuguès
isolamento eléctrico
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aislamiento electrico
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aïllant elèctric
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Material whose internal electric charges do not flow freely, and which therefore does not conduct an electric current.

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aïllant elèctric
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Examples for "electrical conductor"
Examples for "electrical conductor"
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Hence the electrical conductor affects only the magnetic parts of a substance.
A History of Science — Volume 3
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In a normal electrical conductor, an externally applied voltage induces an electrical current.
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics
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The salt in ocean water makes it a good electrical conductor.
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CIRCUIT.-Anyelectrical conductor through which a current can flow.
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You can get a spark when air changes from an electrical insulator into an electrical conductor.
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Usage of electrical insulator in anglès
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You can get a spark when air changes from an electrical insulator into an electrical conductor.
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Looking at it closely, Wheeler came to the conclusion that it was some kind of electrical insulator.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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To function as an electrical insulator, myelin is generated as a tightly packed, lipid-rich multilayered membrane sheath.
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If there were no electrons in the conduction band, the material would act as an electrical insulator.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
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It was more than a question of finding the perfect electrical insulator, though that would be handy too.
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The electrical tape achieves the same result at a much lower cost, by putting an electrical insulator between you and the phone's antenna.
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The glass cylinder reminded many of an electrical insulator, a showy way of pointing out that the figure was perfectly isolated on the stage.
Hiding the Elephant
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For these waves, as we have seen, the most transparent bodies are the most perfect electrical insulators; while bodies still slightly conducting are entirely opaque.
The New Physics and Its Evolution
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There are magnets that are nonmetallic-thatis, they are electrical insulators, but still generate a large magnetic field-anddevices called "top-hat transistors" do indeed exist.
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