Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insulated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Insulated \In"su*la`ted\, p. a.
1. Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies;
separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house
or column.

The special and insulated situation of the Jews.
--De Quincey.

2. (Elect. & Thermotics) Separated from other bodies by means
of nonconductors of heat or electricity.

3. (Astron.) Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond
the effect of gravitation; -- said of stars supposed to be
so far apart that the affect of their mutual attraction is
insensible. --C. A. Young.

{Insulated wire}, wire wound with silk, or covered with other
nonconducting material, for electrical use.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Insulate \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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