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English Dictionary: Insulated by the DICT Development Group
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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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