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East-insular
East-insular East`-in"su*lar, a. Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] --Ogilvie.
Insular
Insular In"su*lar, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See Isle.] 1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc. 2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. The penury of insular conversation. --Johnson.
Insular
Insular In"su*lar, n. An islander. [R.] --Berkeley.
Insularly
Insularly In"su*lar*ly, adv. In an insular manner.
Insulary
Insulary In"su*la*ry, a. Insular. [Obs.] --Howell.
Insulate
Insulate In"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.] 1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant. 2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate. 3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer o? electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors. Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
Insulated
Insulated In"su*la`ted, p. a. 1. Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column. The special and insulated situation of the Jews. --De Quincey. 2. (Elect. & Thermotics) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity. 3. (Astron.) 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 affect of their mutual attraction is insensible. --C. A. Young. Insulated wire, wire wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use.
Insulated
Insulate In"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.] 1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant. 2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate. 3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer o? electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors. Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
Insulated wire
Insulated In"su*la`ted, p. a. 1. Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column. The special and insulated situation of the Jews. --De Quincey. 2. (Elect. & Thermotics) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity. 3. (Astron.) 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 affect of their mutual attraction is insensible. --C. A. Young. Insulated wire, wire wound with silk, or covered with other nonconducting material, for electrical use.
Insulating
Insulate In"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.] 1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant. 2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate. 3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer o? electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors. Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
Insulating stool
Insulate In"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.] 1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant. 2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate. 3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer o? electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors. Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.
Insulation
Insulation In`su*la"tion, n. 1. The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation. 2. (Elec. & Thermotics) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated.
Insulation
Insulation In`su*la"tion, n. The material or substance used in insulating.
Insulator
Insulator In"su*la`tor, n. 1. One who, or that which, insulates. 2. (Elec. & Thermotics) The substance or body that insulates; a nonconductor.
multiple disseminated or insular sclerosis
Sclerosis Scle*ro"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s hard.] 1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue. 2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification. Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Called also multiple, disseminated, or insular, sclerosis.
Peninsula
Peninsula Pen*in"su*la, n. [L. peninsula or paeninsula; paene almost + insula an island. See Isle.] A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.
Peninsula State
Peninsula State Pen*in"su*la State Florida; -- a nickname.
Peninsulate
Peninsulate Pen*in"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peninsulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Peninsulating.] To form into a peninsula. South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. --W. Bentley.
Peninsulated
Peninsulate Pen*in"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peninsulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Peninsulating.] To form into a peninsula. South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. --W. Bentley.
Peninsulating
Peninsulate Pen*in"su*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peninsulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Peninsulating.] To form into a peninsula. South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. --W. Bentley.
Septinsular
Septinsular Sep*tin"su*lar, a. [Septi- + insular.] Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

Meaning of INSULA from wikipedia

- Look up insula in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insula is the Latin word for "island" and may refer to: Insula (Roman city), a block in a Roman city...
- The insular cortex (also insula and insular lobe) is a portion of the cerebral cortex folded deep within the lateral sulcus (the fissure separating the...
- In Roman architecture, an insula (Latin for "island", pl.: insulae) was one of two things: either a kind of apartment building, or a city block. This article...
- Ínsula (Spanish: Isle) is a magazine which features articles on literary work and literary criticism. Its subtitle is Revista de Letras y Ciencias Humanas...
- temporal, or parietal operculum, which together cover the insula as the opercula of insula. It can also refer to the occipital operculum, part of the...
- Zemlia Island (Romanian: Insula K, Ukrainian: Острів Нова Земля), sometimes referred to as the Island of Happiness (Romanian: Insula Fericirii), is a newly...
- The Latin word insula (lit. 'island'; pl.: insulae) was used in Roman cities to mean either a city block in a city plan (i.e. a building area surrounded...
- area of about 1,800 square metres (19,000 sq ft) occupying most of its insula. Its quality means the owner must have been an aristocrat involved in politics...
- minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable...
- Waipoua insula is a species of Orsolobidae that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from a...