2. Adjective. That insulates ¹
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Definition of Insulating
1. insulate [v] - See also: insulate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insulating
Literary usage of Insulating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Conducting wires provided with an insulating coating or covering. Insulated. ...
A pair of pliers whose handles are encased in insulating material. ..."
2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Insulation Air as an Insulator when tn the presence of insulating bodies of higher
specific inductive capacity. CL Fortescue and S. \V. Farnsworth. ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"insulating materials are materials which offer a very large resistance to the
flow of electric current and for that reason they are used to keep the current ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"This may bo done by insulating the outer surface from cold or the inner from ...
Methods of insulating Roofs on the Outside.—There are several methods of ..."
5. Armature Winding and Motor Repair: Practical Information and Data Covering by Daniel Harvey Braymer (1920)
"Different weights and thicknesses of cloth are used for insulating purposes such as
... Cotton insulating material when treated with an insulating compound, ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1902)
"1902 ENERGY LOSS IN COMMERCIAL insulating MATERIALS WHEN SUBJECTED TO HIGH
POTENTIAL STRESS. BY CHARLES EDWARD SKINNER. Those who have had occasion to test ..."
7. An Elementary Treatise on Electricity by James Clerk Maxwell, William Garnett (1888)
"In every case, where- ever we find an electrified insulated body, we are sure to
find at the boundaries of the insulating medium, wherever they may be, ..."
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