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nouna material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
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- flashover an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
- bakelite a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc.
- semiconductor a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
- semiconductive having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors
- mineral wool a light fibrous material used as an insulator
- semiconducting having characteristics of a semiconductor; that is having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors
- rock wool a light fibrous material used as an insulator
- semiconducting material a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
- dielectric heating heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field