INSULATED
10
Scrabble
13
WWF
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Definition
verb
- To separate, detach, or isolate.
- To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.“Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.”
adjective
- Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
- Placed or set apart.“an insulated house or column”
- (of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.“Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.”
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
