different between insulating vs insulated

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insulating

insulating (comparative more insulating, superlative most insulating)

insulated (comparative more insulated, superlative most insulated)

Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
Placed or set apart.
an insulated house or column
- 1846, Thomas De Quincey, On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine)
  the special and insulated situation of the Jews
(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.
(Can we find and add a quotation of C. A. Young to this entry?)

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