Definitions for insulator

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insulator in·su·la·tor

Spelling: [in-suh-ley-ter, ins-yuh-]

IPA: /ˈɪn səˌleɪ tər, ˈɪns yə-/

Insulator is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 754 anagrams from letters in insulator (ailnorstu).

Definitions for insulator

noun

1. Electricity. a material of such low conductivity that the flow of current through it is negligible. insulating material, often glass or porcelain, in a unit form designed so as to support a charged conductor and electrically isolate it.
2. a person or thing that insulates.

Origin of insulator

First recorded in 1795-1805; insulate + -or²

Examples for insulator

Each one that will not make it ring is a poor conductor or an insulator.

The action of its particles differs from those of an insulator only in degree.

A wire was led through an insulator, so that the stream of electricity could be subjected to experiment in the Hut.

It must therefore be considered rather as a partial conductor than as an insulator.

The wood is used for posts, cross-ties, wagon hubs, and insulator pins.

This forms an insulator which is not affected by heat or moisture.

Omega explained that likely its bony scales had acted as an insulator against the action of the invisible wall.

Electricity or electrons flow (easier) (harder) (about the same) in a conductor than in an insulator.

Any insulator, such as a hot pad or rope or even sticks, will also work.

Speaking generally, the conductors are separated by some insulator.