Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance made by impregnating sawdust with paraffin-oil under pressure: used for electrical insulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) An insulating material, usually some variety of compressed cellulose, made of sawdust, paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
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- noun dated An
insulating material , usually some variety of compressedcellulose , made ofsawdust , paper pulp, cotton waste, etc.
Etymologies
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Originally a trademark, probably from insulate + -ite.
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