Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Being in a state of insulation, in any sense of that word; in a restricted sense, so remote from other bodies as to be beyond the reach of any sensible attraction, as solitary or isolated stars.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated.
- adjective (Elect. & Thermotics) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.
- adjective (Astron.) 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.
- adjective wire covered with some nonconducting material, such as plastic or silk, for use in conducting electricity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Protected fromheat ,cold ,noise etc, by beingsurrounded with aninsulating material. - adjective
Placed orset apart . - adjective of an electrically conducting material
Isolated orseparated from otherconducting materials, orsources ofelectricity . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
insulate .
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Examples
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I would hazard a guess that there will not be substantial changes until the Ruling Class reap what they sow; however as they will remain insulated from the policies they mandate for others will this ever happen?
Sonnex and Farmer – only a matter of time. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I would hazard a guess that there will not be substantial changes until the Ruling Class reap what they sow; however as they will remain insulated from the policies they mandate for others will this ever happen?
Final Fantasy « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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When traveling with others I think it's easy to remain insulated from a new culture and merely observe it rather than be a part of it.
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International bank regulators are planning a fresh wave of rules for the world's most important financial companies in an effort to ensure that firms considered "too big to fail" are better protected from collapse - and that taxpayers are insulated from the fallout if they do.
Financial regulators planning worldwide rules for large firms Howard Schneider 2010
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Then you would have to compare heating and cooling bills in insulated homes NOB with uninsulated SOB.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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The problem is that basic research and advanced technology budgets are not insulated from the big NASA projects.
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Technocracy insulated from the consequences of its decisions clearly is.
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Then you would have to compare heating and cooling bills in insulated homes NOB with uninsulated SOB.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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He sits front and center in the dark trailer, insulated from the sunshine and the roar of the crowd, taking the fragments of sounds and moving images and assembling the broadcast on the fly, mediating the real event into the digital one.
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Then you would have to compare heating and cooling bills in insulated homes NOB with uninsulated SOB.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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