Meaning of INSULATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'insu`leyt
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- [v] place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
- [v] protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
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| | Synonyms: | | isolate |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, cloister, discriminate, ghettoise, ghettoize, maroon, quarantine, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, sequestrate, single out, soundproof, weatherstrip, withdraw | |
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| | Definition: | | \In"su*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insulated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Insulating}.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula
island. See {Isle}, and cf. {Isolate}.]
1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant.
2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no
communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to
separate.
3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer o?
electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the
interposition of nonconductors.
{Insulating stool} (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or
some other nonconductor of electricity, used for
insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
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| | Related Terms: | | bolt, close off, cordon, cordon off, cover, cull out, cushion, cut off, detach, divide, enisle, fireproof, ghettoize, gin, ground, island, island-hop, isolate, keep apart, keep aside, lag, lay aside, pick out, preserve, proof, protect, put aside, quarantine, riddle, screen, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, sequestrate, set apart, set aside, shelter, shield, sieve, sift, sort out, soundproof, thrash, thresh, waterproof, weatherproof, winnow, wrap |
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