Glossary of Terms - I

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Ignition: The process of lighting a fire or causing a fuel to start burning.

Insulator: Something that does not allow electricity to flow through it easily. Glass and special rubber are good insulators. Insulators do not allow electricity to flow through them easily because the electrons in their atoms do not move easily from atom to atom.

Incandescent bulb: A lightbulb that emits light due to the glowing of a heated filament inside it.

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