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insulative

adj

Etymology

From insulate + -ive.

  1. derived from īnsulātus
  2. suffixed as insulative — “insulate + ive”

Definitions

  1. Serving to insulate.

    • Housed resistors have their wire- wound cores embedded in an insulative material which is enclosed within the housing.
    • The charge, that is applied and results in the measured voltage, may or may not pass through the insulative layer to the metallized film.
    • And although charged insulated conductors do appear in many practical, industrial as well as everyday, situations, there is no doubt that charged insulative materials are far more common.

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