insulatedadj.
/ˈɪnsjʊleɪtɪd/ 1. Made into an island; surrounded by water.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [adjective] > made
insulated1776
islanded1801
inisled1809
isleted1873
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 3 Britain was viewed in the lights of a distinct and insulated world.
1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Expostulatory Odes xiii. 45 Like some lone insulated rock am I.
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. v. 172 The bridge-keeper..resided with his family in the second and third stories of the tower, which, when both draw-bridges were raised, formed an insulated fortalice in the midst of the river.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xviii. 225 Greenland, however insulated it may ultimately prove to be, is in mass strictly continental.
2. transferred and figurative. Placed or standing in a detached position; standing apart; separated from intercourse with others; solitary, isolated.
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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
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Insulated,..a Term apply'd to a Column that stands alone, or free from any contiguous Wall, &c. like an Island in the Sea.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 39 Insulated pyramidal hills.
1781 W. Cowper Let. 26 Nov. (1979) I. 544 To be content with an insulated life.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 9 In the case of separate insulated private men. View more context for this quotation
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 102 The accusation has arisen out of some insulated case.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel xii Like every insulated mortal.
3. Electrically cut off from (the earth or other conducting bodies) by being surrounded with non-conductors. Also used with reference to heat and sound (cf. insulate v. 3).
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > non-conduction, insulation > [adjective] > subjected to insulation
insulated1772
potted1947
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [adjective] > non-conduction
non-conducting1751
adiathermic1843
non-conductive1850
opaque1860
adiabatic1870
insulating1945
insulative1945
insulated1964
the world > matter > physics > science of sound > sound-waves > [adjective] > insulated
insulated1970
1772 H. Cavendish in Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 650 Any number of bodies, insulated and communicating with each other by conducting substances.
1777 T. Cavallo Compl. Treat. Electr. 3 A body resting intirely upon non-conductors is said to be insulated.
1791 Read in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 195 I had purposely placed a large glass bowl, upon an insulated table, in the open air, to catch the falling electricity.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xxviii. 312 Bodies surrounded with non-conductors are said to be insulated, because, when charged, the electricity cannot escape.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. xvi. 446 Between the two principal carbons is placed a third insulated rod of the same material.
1964 W. Markfield To Early Grave (1965) x. 176 An appetizing store, where..you can take home their potato salad in an insulated bag.
1970 Guardian 24 Aug. 14/2 Insulated containers for the fruit and food trade.
1970 C. Duerden Noise Abatement vii. 115 Construct a special sound insulated chamber.
1974 A. Ross Bradford Business 75 A length of insulated cable..snaked across the floor to a three-pin socket.
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