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• A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.From the entry coil
• Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.From the entry insulated
• The rich are often so insulated from reality that they think the poor have extra money they could save for more than a short time.From the entry poor
• This gene controls the production of an insulating sleeve that wraps around neurons.2018 December 13, Carl Zimmer, “Narrower Skulls, Oblong Brains: How Neanderthal DNA Still Shapes Us”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry myelin
• I winter, ruffed grouse sometimes roost at night on the ground under the insulating snow.2003 August 1, Dennis Walrod, Grouse Hunter's Guide: Solid Facts, Insights, and Observations on How to Hunt Ruffled Grouse, Stackpole…. From the entry spring
• This system has an insulated 5-gallon electric hot water heater directly under the sink.2003, Blair Allen, Julie Jones Lloyd Kahn, Septic System Owner's Manual. From the entry hot water heater
• Of course, the helmet and Snoopy cap headphone arrangement insulate astronauts from some of the noise.1997 February 5, R. Mike Mullane, Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about Space Travel, Wiley, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry Snoopy cap
• Private ‘audiations’ are systematically insulated from the ambient environment critique performance lives in.1992, Stan Godlovitch, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →OCLC, page 7; republished as…. From the entry audiation
• Installation for replacing CFKs using Recticel LBL2 technology in the manufacture of insulating plates.1989, Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Internationale Samenwerking, Flanders - Issues 1-12, page 6. From the entry CFK
• It is mostly used as an insulating material in the manufacture of electrical apparatus.1918, “Economic Relations and Military Uses of Materials”, in Herbert E[rnest] Gregory, editor, Military Geology and Topography: A…. From the entry isinglass
• Round insulated tip papillotome was not shown to be superior to NKS in terms of successful cannulation and post-ERCP complications.2015 August 9, Birol Baysal et al., “A Novel Round Insulated Tip Papillotome as an Alternative to the Classic Needle-Knife for Precut…. From the entry papillotome
• And, insulated as they are by forty feet of epilimnion, lake trout—“togue” in Mainespeak—were nearly as prolific as they'd ever been.2007, Ted Williams, Something's Fishy: An Angler's Look at Our Distressed Gamefish and Their Waters - And How We Can Preserve Both, Simon…. From the entry Mainespeak
• She tied the insulated care package to her pommel and waving goodbye to Natielle she kicked Honeygirl into a gallop.2006, Beverly Sheets Goodwin, Arizona Macgregor, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry honeygirl
• Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina. From the entry judiciary
• At seven o'clock, on schedule, one of Chef James's staff arrived with the portable insulated containers known to caterers as Cambros.2000, Christopher Allen, Kimberly Allen, A Butler's Life: Scenes from the Other Side of the Silver Salver, page 192. From the entry cambro
• Until admission can be arranged, wrap the child in warm clothing and blankets to insulate as fully as possible.1981, N.D. Barnes, N.R.C. Roberton, Pediactrics, Update Books, pages 107-108. From the entry silver swaddler
• An idea which must be insulated, enshrouded, qualified, and propped by intertwangled verbiage is not ready for release into the world.1968, American Society of Planning Officials, Public hearings, controversy, and the written response. From the entry intertwangled
• Multi-layer intraconnexions utilize two or more levels of metal intraconnexion networks, separated by a deposited insulating dielectric film.1967, Helmut Wolf, Kenneth Greenough, “The Trend Toward Monolithic Subsystems”, in Microelectronics and Reliability, volume 6, Pergamon…. From the entry intraconnexion
• The milkhouse should be well insulated so that a minimum amount of heat will be needed during winter.1949, University of Wisconsin. Extension Service, Special circular. From the entry milkhouse
• Covered wagons and containers, with the exception of insulated and ventilated meat wagons and containers, will be painted a dark brick-red.1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106. From the entry brick red
• General points where firestopping was removed shall be tightly filled with asbestos, mineral wool, or other incombustible insulating material.1938, Building Materials and Structures Report, volumes 82-108, page 17. From the entry firestopping
• Wood wool panels are also manufactured as a composite panel with insulating materials (EPS insulating panels, polyurethane insulating panels, mineral wool insulating panels).2017, IBO Österreichisches Institut für Baubiologie und -ökologie, Details for Passive Houses: Renovation:, →ISBN. From the entry wood wool
• Despite being nearly 20 AU from Phoenix, the star's great heat and the insulating thickness of the atmosphere make the surface surprisingly temperate.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuntau. From the entry au
• It's a good idea to insulate at least the first ten feet of the hot- and cold-water lines coming out of the hot water heater.2004, Black & Decker, The Complete Photo Guide To Home Repair. From the entry hot water heater
• For centuries the Karakorams and Himalayas so insulated Baltistan that the country became a cultural fossil—a timeless imprint of great civilizations that had touched there.1987 October, Galen Rowell, “Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 526. From the entry Baltistan
• The most important feature of a sleeping bag is its fill, that is, what the insulating material is that is supposed to keep you warm.1974 February 21, Cherry Payne, “Camping in the Ark-La-Tex: It’s Your Bag – Choose It Well”, in Conglomerate, volume 68, number 16…. From the entry outdoorsperson
• A new glass fibre insulating section will ultimately equip all neutral sections, simplifying maintenance work and greatly reducing the length of dead sections.1962 March, “Talking of Trains: The future of B.R. a.c. traction”, in Modern Railways, page 148. From the entry dead section
• For general laboratory use output may be taken from four insulated jacktop terminals on standard 3 in. spacing mounted on the front.1960, Laboratory Practice, page 259. From the entry jacktop
• The polehead is insulated electrically from the pole by a rubber sleeve which also absorbs vibrations from the polehead and thereby reduces noise.1940, Francis R. Thompson, Electric Transportation, page 202. From the entry polehead
• A rural childhood may leave you wide-eyed a bit longer about some things, but it doesn’t confer the insulating innocence that some parents seem to hope.2014 December 20, Rebecca Ley, “City versus country childhoods”, in The Guardian. From the entry wide-eyed
• And although charged insulated conductors do appear in many practical, industrial as well as everyday, situations, there is no doubt that charged insulative materials are far more common.2012, Niels Jonassen, Electrostatics, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry insulative
• The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 147. From the entry blood-brain barrier
• To win, a Democrat would have to insulate himself against charges of racial liberalism, of being weak toward black crime, and of favoring unearned black privilege.2002, Jeremy D. Mayer, Running on Race: Racial Politics in Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000 (page 227). From the entry black privilege
• One would not be able to return from an extended holiday and drive off in the family car in view of the boiloff from even the best insulated tank.1970, Lawrence William Jones, Toward a Liquid Hydrogen Fuel Economy, page 11. From the entry boiloff
• Each coach is insulated by a four-inch thickness of fibreglass and heated by two overhead 2 in. steam pipes, while all external doors close into rubber draught excluders.1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581. From the entry draught excluder
• The leads to the galvanometer are covered with a metal condulet and the galvanometer itself completely surrounded by an insulating box except for a small window.1930, F. S. Brackett with E. D. McAlister, “The Automatic Recording of the Infrared at High Resolution”, in Review of Scientific…. From the entry condulet
• Amberoid is employed in industrial uses, including the manufacture of test tubes, beakers, and insulating materials, as well as for many of the purposes for which natural amber is used.1948, United States Tariff Commission, Summaries of Tariff Information. From the entry amberoid

Meaning of insulate

1. verb To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. verb To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
3. adjective Of pollen or spores, with superficial ornamentation grouped in circular or polygonal areas separated by grooves.

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How do you use insulate in a sentence?

Insulate is used as a verb and adjective. For example: “Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.”

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“Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.”

What does insulate mean?

Insulate means to separate, detach, or isolate.