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[in-suh-leyt, ins-yuh-]

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verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.

to place in an isolated situation or condition; segregate.

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Origin:
1530–40; < Latin insulātus made into an island. See insula, -ate¹

Related forms

non·in·su·lat·ing, adjective

pre·in·su·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

re·in·su·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

su·per·in·su·lat·ed, adjective

un·in·su·lat·ed, adjective

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well-in·su·lat·ed, adjective

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Example Sentences

The reserve will insulate the company's future earnings in case the program is discontinued, the company said.

The solution was to insulate the area to the outside and wrap the pipe in question in heat tape.

The president sought to insulate the elderly from any bad effects.

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The reserve will insulate the company's future earnings in case the program is discontinued, the company said.

The solution was to insulate the area to the outside and wrap the pipe in question in heat tape.

The president sought to insulate the elderly from any bad effects.

Test how well different fabrics insulate from the cold.

The answer is to reduce usage for existing homes and insulate them.

The inch-thick pipes help insulate plants from desert heat.

We homeschoolers often get a bum rap for trying to insulate our kids from evolutionary theory.

What they would actually do is insulate corporate officials who commit fraud from legal challenge by their victims.

Yes, they can be poisoned by politics, but there are methods to insulate undue influence.

Its ability to insulate itself from external shocks stems partly.

Also insulate energy-critical indoor surfaces, such as warm air ducts and hot water pipes.

Fourth, you need to insulate the tank to minimize heat loss.

Add a layer of mulch to insulate roots and conserve water, but don't let it touch stems or trunk.

It was used to insulate cables on newly developed radar devices.

On other campuses, top officials insulate themselves from knowledge of such dirty details.

All you can do is insulate yourself and your children from its effects.

These actions helped insulate the prime minister from the damage inflicted by the various scandals in his own private life.

If you're not in the market for a new water heater anytime soon, insulate your water pipes to reduce heat loss.

I've already found lots of places to caulk or insulate.

But there are plenty of less extreme groups seeking to insulate themselves.

We are in a cyclical business, and no amount of diversity can insulate ourselves from a slowdown''.

They try to insulate them from risk or allow public investments to crowd out private ones.

Wetsuits insulate the swimmers, or help them retain body heat.

No one can insulate themselves from the consequences of catastrophic global resource failures.

Insulate and clean things up with some electrical tape and you're done.

The earthquake was a horrific reminder that prosperity and technology cannot insulate a country from its natural environment.

In order to insulate themselves from the consequences, companies will have to spread their risks more widely.

Then another vest to insulate the ice against the heat.

Buyers, however, can likely insulate themselves with long-term gas contracts.

But people who need to insulate themselves from the emotional demands of others fear this.

Nothing can insulate you from the randomness of life.

It is burned for heating and cooking, or used to insulate buildings.

Park believed he could insulate his real life from the adulation surrounding his online presence.

Higher rates tend to insulate drivers from price spikes.

Less distressed purchasing could, in turn, help insulate immigrants from being scapegoated in the downturn.

California sea lions also boast thick layers of blubber to insulate their bodies from the chill of marine waters.

Exposed areas are covered with thermal protection materials to help insulate the structure from the heat of re-entry.

In fact, the indictment said, it was a sham intended to insulate the other companies from detection.

The shallower limit is set by the need to have an adequate thermal blanket to insulate the source.

They also help protect and insulate the body and its internal organs.

There comes a time when people want to step back and insulate themselves".

In these ways, legalists and activists have tried to insulate justice from politics.

The ducks' densely packed feathers trap enough air to insulate them from frigid waters.

One way to insulate yourself from dubious largess is to accept only small tokens of esteem, not decision-clouding munificence.

But the new law does insulate from judicial review many asylum denials and other important decisions of administrative officials.

He cultivates political ties that he hopes will insulate his business ventures from regulatory interference, these people say.

And it used public funds to insulate well-connected private actors from the consequences of their recklessness.

His personal history may have helped insulate him from such.

The arrangement was meant to insulate them from interference from other government agencies.

Their handlers, however, do their best to insulate them.

Neither time nor space, it would seem, can insulate us from these disturbing histories.

The cake and meringue insulate the ice cream during the baking.

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insulate (ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt)

—vb
1.	to prevent or reduce the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound to or from (a body, device, or region) by surrounding with a nonconducting material
2.	to isolate or detach

[C16: from Late Latin insulātus: made into an island]

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Word Origin & History

insulate

1538, "make into an island," from L. insulatus (see insular). Sense of "cause a person or thing to be detached from surroundings" is from 1785. Electrical/chemical sense of "block from electricity or heat" is from 1742. Insulation "insulating material" is from 1870.

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