uninsulate

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verb

To remove insulation from.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbuninsulate (third-person singular simple present uninsulates, present participle uninsulating, simple past and past participle uninsulated)

present singular third person uninsulates · participle present uninsulating · participle past uninsulated · past uninsulated

  1. transitiveTo remove insulation from.

    We can uninsulate the one plate of the differential inductometer; and bringing the other near, we can draw out of it a negative spark; then withdrawing it, we can get a positive spark.

    1881, Philosophical Magazine, page 136

Origin

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Chicago

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