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thermal insulator is a material that prevents heat from flowing through it easily. It keeps things warm or cool by trapping the heat inside or outside, like a blanket that keeps you warm by preventing your body heat from escaping.
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«thermal»
«insulator»
Sentences with «thermal insulator»
- Foams also make good thermal insulators. (scientificamerican.com)
- Football protective equipment (helmet, pads, gloves, bandages, socks) all act as thermal insulators; (MomsTeam.com)
- During the 1979 oil crisis, a team at BASF's R&D centre in Ludwigshafen began looking for thermal insulators that would cut energy use. (newscientist.com)
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