insulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: insulate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insulate v protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came" place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" Synonym(s): isolate, insulate
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.