insulator

English

Etymology

A ceramic insulator

From insulate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/

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Noun

insulator (plural insulators)

1. A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
2. A non-conductive structure, coating or device that does not transmit sound, heat or electricity (see image)

   To isolate electrical wires from the pylons supporting them, one often uses glass insulators.

3. A person who installs insulation.
   • 2007, Kenneth S. Cohen, Expert Witnessing and Scientific Testimony: Surviving in the Courtroom:

     Alan Vasen worked as an insulator at this site from September 1968 through mid-April 1969. Mr. Vasen installed thousands of lineal feet of asbestos pipe covering and thousands of square feet of asbestos block insulation throughout the operating units of the Benicia refinery.

Synonyms

• (substance) insulant
• isolation

Antonyms

• conductor

Derived terms

• strain insulator
• topological insulator

 

Related terms

• insulant
• insulate
• insulation

Translations

substance

• Catalan: aïllant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕緣體／绝缘体 (zh) (juéyuántǐ), 絕緣子／绝缘子 (zh) (juéyuánzǐ)

• Czech: izolátor m, nevodič (cs) m
• Dutch: isolator (nl) m, isolatiemateriaal (nl) n
• Finnish: eriste (fi)
• French: isolateur (fr)
• German: Isolator (de) m, Nichtleiter (de) m
• Greek: μονωτής (el) m (monotís)
• Gujarati: વીજરખું (vījarkhũ)
• Hungarian: szigetelőanyag (hu)
• Icelandic: einangrari m, einangri m, einangur m
• Indonesian: isolator (id)
• Italian: isolante (it)
• Kazakh: айырғыш (aiyrğyş)
• Macedonian: изола́тор m (izolátor)
• Malay: penebat
• Malayalam: കുചാലകം (ml) (kucālakaṁ)
• Maori: ārai, ārai hiko (of electricity), ārai wera (of heat), ārai matao (of cold), ārai parawhiti (of radiation)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isolator m

  Nynorsk: isolator m

• Polish: izolator (pl) m
• Portuguese: isolante (pt)
• Romanian: izolator (ro) n, material de izolare n
• Russian: изоля́тор (ru) m (izoljátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: изолатор m, izolator (sh) m
• Slovene: izolator (sl) m
• Spanish: aislante (es)
• Swedish: isolering (sv)
• Tagalog: pambukod
• Thai: ฉนวน (th) (chànŭan)
• Turkish: yalıtkan (tr)
• Vietnamese: chất cách điện

structure

• Catalan: aïllant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕緣體／绝缘体 (zh) (juéyuántǐ), 絕緣子／绝缘子 (zh) (juéyuánzǐ)

• Czech: izolátor m
• Danish: isolator c
• Dutch: isolatie (nl) f
• Finnish: eristys (fi) (heat and sound), eristin (fi) (electricity)
• Hungarian: szigetelés (hu)
• Macedonian: изола́тор m (izolátor)
• Maori: ārai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: isolator m

  Nynorsk: isolator m

• Polish: izolator (pl) m
• Russian: изоля́тор (ru) m (izoljátor)
• Serbo-Croatian: изолатор m izolator (sh) m
• Swedish: isolator (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} isolant (fr) m (1), ^{(please verify)} isolation (fr) (2), ^{(please verify)} isolateur (fr) m (1,2)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Isolierstoff m (1), ^{(please verify)} Isolator (de) m (1, 2)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} izoliatorius m (1, 2)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} izolátor m

Latin

Verb

īnsulātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of īnsulō