insulated

Variant of insulate

transitive verb insulated, insulating

  1. to set apart; detach from the rest; isolate
  2. to separate or cover with a nonconducting material in order to prevent the passage or leakage of electricity, heat, sound, radioactive particles, etc.

Origin: < L insulatus, made like an island < insula, isle

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