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insulator

material whose internal electric charges do not flow freely, and which therefore does not conduct an electric current
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insulator
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Summary

insulator is a material[1]. insulator draws 2,201 Wikipedia views per month (material category, ranking #11 of 82).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: insulator[3]
  • Opposite of: electrical conductor[4]
  • Topic's main category: Q9989897[5]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: power=insulator[6]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[8]
  • Used by: electric insulation[9]
  • Has characteristic: electric insulation[10]
  • Manifestation of: electric insulation[11]
  • Different from: insulator[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

insulator has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] insulator is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6070
    Eurovoc id → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 13w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Eurovoc id: 1512, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260984|batch #260984]]"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0240653-izolanty
    Has characteristic → electric insulation
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0240653-izolanty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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