Insulated vs Dissociated - What's the difference?
insulated | dissociated | Related terms |
Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
Placed or set apart.
* De Quincey
(of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
(astronomy, dated) 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 effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable.
(insulate)
(dissociate)
To make unrelated; to sever a connection; to separate.
To part; to stop associating.
(chemistry) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
(chemistry) To undergo dissociation.
(psychology) To undergo dissociation.
Insulated is a related term of dissociated.
As verbs the difference between insulated and dissociated
is that insulated is (insulate) while dissociated is (dissociate).As an adjective insulated
is protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.insulated
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Adjective
(en adjective)- an insulated house or column
- the special and insulated situation of the Jews
- Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*dissociated
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Verb
(head)dissociate
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Verb
- A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
- After the big fight, the gang totally dissociated from each other.
- We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
- Gerald checked himself into the hospital because he was dissociating .