verb🔗ShareTo separate, detach, or isolate."The thick walls of the recording studio insulated the sound from the outside world. "materialtechnologyphysicsbuildingscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc."Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines."materialphysicsenergytechnologybuildingsciencetechnicalelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareProtected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material."The house's walls were insulated to keep the inside cool in the summer and warm in the winter. "materialutilitybuildingenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePlaced or set apart."an insulated house or column"materialpropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity."Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic."materialelectronicstechnicalutilityenergyphysicssciencedevicebuildingelectricChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSituated 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."The distant stars in the constellation are so insulated that their gravitational pull on each other is negligible. "astronomyphysicsspaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
