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Antonyms for insulate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-suh-leyt, ins-yuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn səˌleɪt, ˈɪns yə-

Definition of insulate

Origin :
  • 1530s, "make into an island," from Latin insulatus, from insula (see insular). Sense of "cause a person or thing to be detached from surroundings" is from 1785. Electrical/chemical sense of "block from electricity or heat" is from 1742. Related: Insulated; insulating.
  • verb protect; close off
Example sentences :
  • These, when dry, insulate almost, but not quite as well as solid paraffin.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • Be sure to insulate all joints and wires well inside the box.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • I frankly don't know how we could insulate the peas from the effects of the saltpetre.
  • Extract from : « The Idiot at Home » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • By means of the ribbon he held the cord to insulate it from his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Great Inventions » by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
  • We are to be conductors of the Divine energy; not to insulate it.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day » by Evelyn Underhill
  • We might even place a layer of asphalte between the copper floor and the ground, so as to insulate the building.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 » by Various
  • Let a charged jar be placed on a glass plate so as to insulate the outer coat.
  • Extract from : « Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One » by Nehemiah Hawkins
  • In short it can be made to insulate or isolate the particular conductor from all other conductors.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 697 » by Various
  • A single paper thus prepared could insulate the electricity of a trough of forty pairs of plates.
  • Extract from : « Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 » by Michael Faraday
  • A simple porcelain cleat at either end, as shown in the drawing, will serve to insulate it sufficiently.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border » by Gerald Breckenridge

Synonyms for insulate

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