Crossword clues for insulated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insulated \In"su*la`ted\ ([i^]n"s[-u]*l[=a]"t[e^]d), p. a.
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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. (Elect. & Thermotics) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.
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(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 covered with some nonconducting material, such as plastic or silk, for use in conducting electricity.
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.]
To make an island of. [Obs.]
--Pennant.To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.
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(Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer of 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.
Wiktionary
1 protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material. 2 placed or set apart. 3 (context of an electrically conducting material English) isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity. 4 (context astronomy dated English) 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 effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable. v
(en-past of: insulate)
Usage examples of "insulated".
A second wineglass sat near a bottle of Chardonnay in an insulated cooler.
Within minutes the vortex mirror was fitted into its insulated clamps, its alignment checked.
There was also, incongruously enough, a very ordinary old-fashioned wooden coatrack, with a bright orange insulated coverall hanging from it, and a bright red parka hanging next to it.
He had shortbread cookies, ice cream, and frosting-slathered Chocolate Emergency Cookies, plus an insulated coffeepot and cream and sugar containers.
A piece of insulated wire from a dangling droplight made a quick connection between the alarm key in the back of the clock and one of the light fuses.
Scobie dropped the meter of heavy-gauge insulated wire which was standard issue on extravehicular missions, in case you needed to make a special electrical connection or a repair.
She had heated some prepared dinners and carried them to the flybridge in an insulated pouch.
I saw that under the mask of these half humorous innuendoes, this old seaman, as an insulated Quakerish Nantucketer, was full of his insular prejudices, and rather distrustful of all aliens, unless they hailed from Cape Cod or the Vineyard.
Well insulated and heated by several fires, lamps, and natural body heat, it was warm in the semisubterranean longhouse.
He raised one hand to the insulated starstone at his throat, although he feared he could not control so many by himself.
She had lived her whole life insulated from such things, only knowing at a distance that civilization existed, and that rich stations maintained luxury at their secret hearts.
He took off his Ike jacket, pulled his necktie down, took a cold beer from the ice-filled insulated box, and then unpacked the Zenith Transoceanic portable radio.
The Trib Force believed Chaim would somehow be supernaturally insulated, but other brave believers had been martyred for their faith and courage.
When the habitats and stations in orbit had proved too small for the horde of refugees, tunnellike shelters had been prepared on the Moon, metal-ribbed, plastic-sheathed, insulated by layers of regolith.
You were facing three long aisles running the width of the store, plus various special displays and stacks of insulated mugs and charcoal briquettes and birdseed.