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relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture" suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
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| insulation |
the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" insulating material: a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
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| insulator |
a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
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| insulator |
Insulators are materials which prevent the flow of heat (thermal insulators) or electric charge (electrical insulators). The opposite of electrical insulators are conductors and semiconductors, which permit the flow of charge (Note: a semiconductor is strictly speaking also an insulator, since it prevents the flow of electric charge at low temperatures, unless it is doped with atoms that release extra charges to carry the current). ...
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| insulation |
A nonconducting material designed to reduce the transfer of energy or electric current between two materials.
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