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- noun Plural form of
insulator .
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Examples
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The arc caused by its body melted porcelain insulators and steel and iron supports.
2008 November 2008
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This was a surprising discovery, to the researchers as well as to others - we are all used to plastics, in contrast to metals, being insulators, which is why we cover electrical cords in plastic.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000 - Presentation Speech 2000
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In other materials, called insulators, there is a wide gap between the valence band and the conduction band, making it almost impossible for an electron to get excited enough to jump from one to the other, so they block the flow of electricity.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In other materials, called insulators, there is a wide gap between the valence band and the conduction band, making it almost impossible for an electron to get excited enough to jump from one to the other, so they block the flow of electricity.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Some other substances are just as stubborn as copper is yielding, and we call them "insulators," because they resist the current instead of letting it flow.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897
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They're used in products such as insulators, spark plugs, fuel cells, body and vehicle armor, gas turbines, nuclear rods and heat shields.
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They're used in products such as insulators, spark plugs, fuel cells, body and vehicle armor, gas turbines, nuclear rods and heat shields.
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They're used in products such as insulators, spark plugs, fuel cells, body and vehicle armor, gas turbines, nuclear rods and heat shields.
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Chengcheng Ma made on the thermodynamic properties of transition metal oxides such as insulators and superconductors.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They're used in products such as insulators, spark plugs, fuel cells, body and vehicle armor, gas turbines, nuclear rods and heat shields.
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