insulateadj.

/ˈɪnsjʊlət/

Etymology: < Latin insulātus, < insula island: see -ate suffix². Compare French insulé (Littré).

Now rare.

Detached, isolated, insulated adj.; spec.: see quot. 1826.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > isolated

unassociate1545

insulate1712

insulated1728

islanded1801

isolate1819

unassociated1839

firewalled1988

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective]

solec1407

separate1600

sequestereda1616

unconjunctive1643

recluse1656

separated1730

removed1766

insulated1781

stray1796

insulate1803

isolated1811

Robinson Crusoe1823

incommunicado1844

shut-out1853

isolate1854

marooned1883

cut-off1894

shut-away1911

shut-off1913

splitsville1964

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 166 Trees that are insulate or detached..so as you may walk round about them.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 110 An Order of Insulate Columns with a Corridor..behind.

1803 J. Kenney Society, with Other Poems 73 Man, mere man, bare, insulate, unknown.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 340 Nervures..Insulate, discoidal nervures that are entirely unconnected with any others, or with the base of the wing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

insulatev.

/ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/

Etymology: < Latin insula island + -ate suffix³, or insulātus adjective (see insulate adj.). The verb *insulāre is not recorded in late or medieval Latin, but may have existed in the latter or in Renaissance Latin; the corresponding Italian isolare ‘to reduce into an island’ (Florio) is known in 16th cent.

1. transitive. To make into an island by surrounding with water; to convert into an island.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > make island of [verb (transitive)]

insulatea1552

isle1596

enisle1612

island1661

insularize1891

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 3 The Ryver of Avon so windeth aboute Oundale Toune that it almost insulatithe it, savyng a litle by West North West.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 586 Trent..turneth aside his streame Northward..and so almost insulateth or encompasseth Burton.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 56 The river..forming two branches, and insulating the ground.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. i. 32 Ere Britain had been insulated from the continent.

2. transferred and figurative. To cause (a thing, person, etc.) to stand detached from its surroundings; to separate or detach from its fellows or the rest; to set or place apart; to isolate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > isolate

isle1596

island1661

insulate1785

isolate1807

1785 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 258 It would greatly tend..to the ornament..of this town if the Exchange was insulated.

1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 39 To insulate ourselves, to retire from all aid, and to wrap ourselves in the mantle of self-sufficiency.

1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 444 If General Cuesta and Venegas leave Madrid upon their left, I must march by the Escurial, or insulate myself entirely from them.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 90 Tendency to individualize, embody, insulate.

1833 H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 95 Thrown into an atmosphere of corruption for want of room to insulate him.

1854 H. Rogers Ess. II. i. 64 By insulating it from its context.

1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) iii. 54 The black schists of this age are there insulated by a powerful dislocation.

3. To cut off or isolate from conducting bodies by the interposition of non-conductors, so as to prevent the passage of electricity or heat. Also (Acoustics) used with reference to sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > supply with energy [verb (transitive)] > emit energy > insulate

insulate1742

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > conduct, convect [verb (transitive)] > insulate

insulate1742

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > non-conduction, insulation > insulate [verb (transitive)]

insulate1742

isolate1855

the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > emit, transmit [verb (transitive)] > insulate

insulate1927

1742 J. T. Desaguliers Diss. Electr. 2 They must be insulated, that is, they must not be suspended from..any Bodies but what are Electricks per se.

1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. vii. 325 His Apparatus was perfectly insurated [sic] (or suspended) by silken Strings, and had no Communication with the Earth.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 203 A person is equally insulated when he stands upon a stool with glass legs, or is suspended by silken cords from a cieling.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 631 Insulate the substances whose electricity is to be examined.

1870 F. L. Pope Electr. Telegr. (1872) i. 20 The cells of a battery should always be thoroughly insulated from each other.

1927 A. H. Davis & G. W. C. Kaye Acoustics of Buildings ix. 178 The practice rooms have been so satisfactorily insulated, that it is impossible to hear any sound either through the floors or the partitions.

1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XI. 175/2 The need for insulating floors against noise has long been understood.

†4. Chemistry and Physics. To free from combination with other elements; to isolate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to isolation

insulate1830

abstract1651

insulate1830

isolate1836

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 92 We are sometimes compelled to acknowledge the existence of elements different from those already..known, though we cannot insulate them.

1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xix. 178 He insulated each coloured ray, and finding that it was no longer capable of decomposition [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	insulate
释义	insulateadj. /ˈɪnsjʊlət/ Etymology: < Latin insulātus, < insula island: see -ate suffix². Compare French insulé (Littré). Now rare. Detached, isolated, insulated adj.; spec.: see quot. 1826. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > isolated unassociate1545 insulate1712 insulated1728 islanded1801 isolate1819 unassociated1839 firewalled1988 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] solec1407 separate1600 sequestereda1616 unconjunctive1643 recluse1656 separated1730 removed1766 insulated1781 stray1796 insulate1803 isolated1811 Robinson Crusoe1823 incommunicado1844 shut-out1853 isolate1854 marooned1883 cut-off1894 shut-away1911 shut-off1913 splitsville1964 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 166 Trees that are insulate or detached..so as you may walk round about them. 1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 110 An Order of Insulate Columns with a Corridor..behind. 1803 J. Kenney Society, with Other Poems 73 Man, mere man, bare, insulate, unknown. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 340 Nervures..Insulate, discoidal nervures that are entirely unconnected with any others, or with the base of the wing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). insulatev. /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/ Etymology: < Latin insula island + -ate suffix³, or insulātus adjective (see insulate adj.). The verb insulāre is not recorded in late or medieval Latin, but may have existed in the latter or in Renaissance Latin; the corresponding Italian isolare* ‘to reduce into an island’ (Florio) is known in 16th cent. 1. transitive. To make into an island by surrounding with water; to convert into an island. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > make island of [verb (transitive)] insulatea1552 isle1596 enisle1612 island1661 insularize1891 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 3 The Ryver of Avon so windeth aboute Oundale Toune that it almost insulatithe it, savyng a litle by West North West. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 586 Trent..turneth aside his streame Northward..and so almost insulateth or encompasseth Burton. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 56 The river..forming two branches, and insulating the ground. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. i. 32 Ere Britain had been insulated from the continent. 2. transferred and figurative. To cause (a thing, person, etc.) to stand detached from its surroundings; to separate or detach from its fellows or the rest; to set or place apart; to isolate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > isolate isle1596 island1661 insulate1785 isolate1807 1785 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 258 It would greatly tend..to the ornament..of this town if the Exchange was insulated. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 39 To insulate ourselves, to retire from all aid, and to wrap ourselves in the mantle of self-sufficiency. 1809 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 444 If General Cuesta and Venegas leave Madrid upon their left, I must march by the Escurial, or insulate myself entirely from them. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 90 Tendency to individualize, embody, insulate. 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 95 Thrown into an atmosphere of corruption for want of room to insulate him. 1854 H. Rogers Ess. II. i. 64 By insulating it from its context. 1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) iii. 54 The black schists of this age are there insulated by a powerful dislocation. 3. To cut off or isolate from conducting bodies by the interposition of non-conductors, so as to prevent the passage of electricity or heat. Also (Acoustics) used with reference to sound. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > supply with energy [verb (transitive)] > emit energy > insulate insulate1742 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > conduct, convect [verb (transitive)] > insulate insulate1742 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > non-conduction, insulation > insulate [verb (transitive)] insulate1742 isolate1855 the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > emit, transmit [verb (transitive)] > insulate insulate1927 1742 J. T. Desaguliers Diss. Electr. 2 They must be insulated, that is, they must not be suspended from..any Bodies but what are Electricks per se. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. vii. 325 His Apparatus was perfectly insurated [sic] (or suspended) by silken Strings, and had no Communication with the Earth. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 203 A person is equally insulated when he stands upon a stool with glass legs, or is suspended by silken cords from a cieling. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiv. 631 Insulate the substances whose electricity is to be examined. 1870 F. L. Pope Electr. Telegr. (1872) i. 20 The cells of a battery should always be thoroughly insulated from each other. 1927 A. H. Davis & G. W. C. Kaye Acoustics of Buildings ix. 178 The practice rooms have been so satisfactorily insulated, that it is impossible to hear any sound either through the floors or the partitions. 1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XI. 175/2 The need for insulating floors against noise has long been understood. †4. Chemistry and Physics. To free from combination with other elements; to isolate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to isolation insulate1830 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > obtain as a separate substance abstract1651 insulate1830 isolate1836 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 92 We are sometimes compelled to acknowledge the existence of elements different from those already..known, though we cannot insulate them. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xix. 178 He insulated each coloured ray, and finding that it was no longer capable of decomposition [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1712v.a1552
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