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Meanings of insulator in inglês

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Substance that does not transmit certain forms of energy, such as heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator)

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        изолятор
        russo
        изоляция
        português
        isolamento eléctrico
        espanhol
        aislamiento electrico
        catalão
        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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            isolamento eléctrico
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            Examples for "electrical insulator"
            Examples for "electrical insulator"
            1
            You can get a spark when air changes from an electrical insulator into an electrical conductor.
            Wired
            2
            Looking at it closely, Wheeler came to the conclusion that it was some kind of electrical insulator.
            The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
            3
            To function as an electrical insulator, myelin is generated as a tightly packed, lipid-rich multilayered membrane sheath.
            Pubmed
            4
            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
            5
            It was more than a question of finding the perfect electrical insulator, though that would be handy too.
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            isolante elétrico
            catalão
            isolant
            espanhol
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            A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity.

                isolante elétrico

                "Insulator" is the opposite of:

                      Usage of insulator in inglês
                      1
                      A block of wood is used as an insulator under the jar.
                      The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler
                      2
                      The wood is used for posts, cross-ties, wagon hubs, and insulator pins.
                      Studies of Trees
                      3
                      Which is to say, it's an insulator good enough for spacecraft.
                      Wired
                      4
                      Those won't work because the plastic will act as an insulator.
                      Wired
                      5
                      They race upward until they reach the insulator, which they cannot flow through.
                      The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
                      6
                      The sock serves as a protective insulator to hold the heat.
                      Ebony
                      7
                      It is used as an insulator in the motor industry and has medical applications.
                      The Guardian
                      8
                      That yarn traps a lot of air which makes it a really good insulator.
                      Wired
                      9
                      The action of its particles differs from those of an insulator only in degree.
                      Faraday as a Discoverer
                      10
                      The snow, trapping minuscule air pockets between its frozen crystals, was a good insulator.
                      The Clan of the Cave Bear
                      11
                      As Thermos flasks demonstrate, a vacuum is a great insulator.
                      The Guardian
                      12
                      The Cornell insulator was chosen And now the work went forward with great rapidity.
                      Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), America...
                      13
                      The spatial evolution of the insulator-to-metal transition is clearly resolved.
                      Pubmed
                      14
                      In the case of shell-lac, therefore, space is an insulator.
                      Faraday as a Discoverer
                      15
                      CTCF, the most characterized insulator-binding protein, has been implicated as a key genome organizer.
                      Pubmed
                      16
                      The light-induced electron interactions enhance the charge-carrier itinerancy, leading to a switchable metal-to-insulator transition.
                      Pubmed