Insulated vs Insulates - What's the difference?
insulated | insulates |
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)
(insulate)
To separate, detach, or isolate.
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.
As verbs the difference between insulated and insulates
is that insulated is (insulate) while insulates is (insulate).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
*insulates
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Verb
(head)insulate
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Verb
- Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.