Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.