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Definition of Insulated

1. p. a. Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.

Definition of Insulated

1. Adjective. Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material. ¹

2. Adjective. Placed or set apart. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity. ¹

4. Verb. (past of insulate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insulated

1. insulate [v] - See also: insulate

Medical Definition of Insulated

1. 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. Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity. 3. 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. Insulated wire, wire wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insulated

Literary usage of Insulated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Institution of Electrical Engineers Radio Section (1874)
"ON WARREN'S METHOD OF FINDING FAULTS TN insulated WIRES. By THOMAS SP BRUCE WARREN, Electrician to Hooper's Telegraph Works, Limited. The insulated wire is ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"The author referred to the relation existing; between the different properties of insulated wires arising from induction. lie showed by an extensive series ..."

3. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"On the Charges gained ly insulated Metallic Conductors, surrounded' by other Conductors, and the Relation of these Charges to the Yalta Effect. ..."

4. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"Whenever an insulated conducting body is brought near to another electrically- excited body, but in such a way as that it is not in actual contact with it, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"It dispenses altogether with the use of insulated sections of the track, and employs instead ... These insulated sections of track are shown [17] and marked ..."

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