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