insulate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin insulatus (“made like an island”), past participle of insulare (“to make like an island”), from insula (“island”); see insular.

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. To separate, detach, or isolate.
2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.

   Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.

Synonyms

• isolate

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to insulate

• insular
• insulator
• insulation
• insulable
• insular
• isolation
• peninsula

Translations

to separate or detach

• Bulgarian: отделям (bg) (otdeljam), изолирам (bg) (izoliram)
• Catalan: aïllar (ca), isolar (ca)
• Esperanto: izoli
• Finnish: eristää (fi)
• French: isoler (fr)
• German: isolieren (de)
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• Ido: izolar (io)
• Japanese: 切り離す (kirihanasu), 隔絶する (ja) (kakuzetsu suru), 孤立させる (ja) (koritsu saseru)
• Polish: izolować (pl)
• Portuguese: isolar (pt)
• Swedish: isolera (sv)

to separate so as to prevent a transfer

• Bulgarian: изолирам (bg) (izoliram)
• Catalan: aïllar (ca), isolar (ca)
• Finnish: eristää (fi)
• French: isoler (fr)
• German: isolieren (de)
• Japanese: 絶縁する (ja) (zetsuen suru)
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• Polish: izolować (pl)
• Portuguese: isolar (pt)
• Russian: изоли́ровать (ru) impf or pf (izolírovatʹ)
• Swedish: isolera (sv)

Further reading

• “insulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “insulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) īnsulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of īnsulātus