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Laminated vs Insulated - What's the difference?

laminated | insulated |

As adjectives the difference between laminated and insulated

is that laminated is made by lamination while insulated is protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.

As verbs the difference between laminated and insulated

is that laminated is (laminate) while insulated is (insulate).

laminated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made by lamination.
  • Consisting of many thin layers.
    • A laminated arch is a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.
  • (geology, of rocks) Splitting into thin layers parallel to bedding.
    • Shale is laminated .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (laminate)

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    insulated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
  • Placed or set apart.
    • an insulated house or column
  • * De Quincey
    • the special and insulated situation of the Jews
  • (of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
    • Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic.
  • (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.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (insulate)

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