A conductor encased within material of composition and thickness that is recognized as electrical insulation.
Insulation may refer to:
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insulated (comparative more insulated, superlative most insulated)
- Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
- Placed or set apart.
- (of an electrically conducting material) Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity.
- (astronomy, dated) 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 effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable[1802].