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Definition of Insulates

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.

Meaning of Insulates from wikipedia

- Look up insulation, insulate, insulated, or insulating in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Insulation may refer to: Thermal insulation, use of materials...
- Insulating gl**** (IG) consists of two or more gl**** window panes separated by a space to reduce heat transfer across a part of the building envelope. A...
- Insulating concrete forms or insulated concrete forms (ICF) are a building system to create reinforced concrete walls or floors with integral insulation...
- Insulated pipes (called also preinsulated pipes or bonded pipe ) are widely used for district heating and hot water supply. They consist of a steel pipe...
- commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon. It has an insulated gate, the voltage of which determines the conductivity of the device....
- A draught excluder or draft guard is a device used to prevent cold air from entering a building through gaps around entry points such as doors, windows...
- earliest central power stations used simple open knife switches, mounted on insulating panels of marble or asbestos. Power levels and voltages rapidly escalated...
- Transformer oil or insulating oil is an oil that is stable at high temperatures and has excellent electrical insulating properties. It is used in oil-filled...
- An insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a three-terminal power semiconductor device primarily forming an electronic switch. It was developed to...
- insulating capability of a material is measured as the inverse of thermal conductivity (k). Low thermal conductivity is equivalent to high insulating...