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絶縁体 (ぜつえんたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

絶ぜつ縁えん体たい

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Meanings

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insulator; electrical insulator

Technical term in physics and electrical engineering for a material that does not conduct electricity.

ゴムは良よい絶ぜつ縁えん体たいです。
Rubber is a good insulator.

絶ぜつ縁えん体たいは電でん気きを通とおしません。

Insulators do not conduct electricity.

Kanji

絶discontinue, sever, cut off
縁affinity, relation, connection
体body, substance, object

Related words

導どう体たい
導体 (conductor) is the opposite of 絶縁体; it allows electricity to flow easily.
半はん導どう体たい
半導体 (semiconductor) has conductivity between a conductor and an insulator.

Opposites

半はん導どう体たいN1
絶縁体 blocks the flow of electricity almost entirely, whereas 半導体 conducts it partially, sitting between 絶縁体 and a full conductor.

Built from

絶ぜつ縁えん+体たい

Etymology

Compound of 絶縁 (ぜつえん, 'insulation') + 体 (たい, 'body, substance'). 絶縁 itself is from 絶 (ぜつ, 'sever') + 縁 (えん, 'connection, edge').