insulate
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.
Origin of insulate
1Other words from insulate
- non·in·su·lat·ing, adjective
- pre·in·su·late, verb (used with object), pre·in·su·lat·ed, pre·in·su·lat·ing.
- re·in·su·late, verb (used with object), re·in·su·lat·ed, re·in·su·lat·ing.
- su·per·in·su·lat·ed, adjective
- un·in·su·lat·ed, adjective
- well-in·su·lat·ed, adjective
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How to use insulate in a sentence
By legally insulating online businesses, Section 230 has encouraged innovation and growth.
Why the most controversial US internet law is worth saving | Amy Nordrum | September 9, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAmong those standards is the ability to insulate a brand’s ad from appearing next to certain other types of advertisers’ ads, which is possible for traditional TV ads, but harder to do in streaming.
A main problem with current electrodes is that the brain will eventually activate non-neuronal cells to form an insulating sheath around the electrode, sealing it off from the neurons it needs to record from.
Neuralink’s Wildly Anticipated New Brain Implant: the Hype vs. the Science | Shelly Fan | September 1, 2020 | Singularity HubThey also secured a change to how they’re funded so they would be insulated from financial damage as thousands of families sought alternatives in the form of charter and home school opportunities.
Insulated running bottles will never keep water as cold as vacuum-insulated metal bottles.
I Don't Fear Scorching Runs with This Hydration Belt | Jakob Schiller | August 28, 2020 | Outside Online
The perils of a heroin addiction for a user who is without the means to "insulate" themselves from disease and crime are many.
The infrastructure at the Times, which might have helped insulate it, is gone.
With Watergate closing in, Nixon fired Haldeman and Ehrlichman in a fruitless effort to insulate himself.
The Nixon Home Movies: Glimpses of Tragedy in ‘Our Nixon’ | Eleanor Clift | August 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe insulate ourselves from such natural volatility at our own peril.
A Manifesto for Disorder: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ‘Antifragile’ Reviewed | Robert Herritt | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth candidates push the zombie notion that an energy-independent U.S. can insulate itself from global disruptions.
Both Candidates Push Myth of Energy Independence | Robert Bryce | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTinsulate the winding from the core and the different layers from each other with a good quality of thin writing paper.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThis was a matter of vital importance to him, and this man seemed able to insulate himself against either threat or suggestion.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairNo, Hollister reflected, he could not insulate himself and Doris against this environment, against these people.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairIt is the atheist alone who would insulate the kingdoms of the earth from the kingdom of heaven.
The Portland Sketch Book | VariousThe plates are then built up so as to connect the sheets which require to be connected, and to insulate the other set.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard Threlfall
British Dictionary definitions for insulate
/ (ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪt) /
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
to isolate or detach
Origin of insulate
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