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Meanings of insulating material in English

Portuguese
materiais de isolamento
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A material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity.

materiais de isolamento
Usage of insulating material in English
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For packing or insulating material a variety of substances may be used.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools
2
It makes a hugely effective insulating material for medium and high-voltage electrical installations.
BBC
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They used magnesium oxide as an insulating material when required.
BBC
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Like a hi-tech tatami, the mats cover your floor in a comfortable, insulating material.
Wired
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Could an insulating material create a solid-state greenhouse effect warm enough to make Mars habitable?
Wired
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To start a fire, the insulating material Styropor, from a kitchen fridge, is set alight.
The Irish Times
7
For an insulating material, wood, when plunged in dilute acid, is preferred by the inventor.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
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He may conceive of an ideal insulating material to supersede glass, mica, paper, and enamel.
The History of the Telephone
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Adding noise insulating material, without ballooning the Project One's weight, is what engineers are now obsessing about.
The South African
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We did not have the insulating material.
The Hyperion Cantos
11
It consists of a trough lined with some insulating material, covered with two layers of ordinary window glass.
The Forbidden Trail
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For more than forty years, they were widely used as an insulating material in electrical equipment, like capacitors and transformers.
The new yorker
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Ordinarily these are of thin sheet metal (foil) interleaved with an insulating material, such as paper or mica.
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 / A General Refer...
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The base may be made of wood or any other insulating material and should have four short legs on the bottom.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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One of the advantages of going for a timber frame home is that it provides you with a superior insulating material.
The South African
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His insulating material consisted of a combination of cotton yarn with asphaltum and beeswax; the whole was inclosed in a lead pipe.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
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