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Word Meanings - INSULATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, insulates.

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  • SUBSTANCE
    See 2 (more info) 1. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real,
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • NONCONDUCTOR
    A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of
  • SUBSTANCELESS
    Having no substance; unsubstantial. Coleridge.
  • SCHWANN'S WHITE SUBSTANCE
    The substance of the medullary sheath.

 

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