Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An insulator.
Wiktionary
- n. an electrical device that detects short circuits and isolates them
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, isolates.
Etymologies
- isolate + -or (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But the violent motion is confined to the isolator, meaning the building above only rocks very gently.”
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Natural Disasters - January 2, 2000
“Then one day, 2 years after our wedding, the isolator did something very odd.”
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“It's meant for beginners and I can't imagine painting this way, but the color checker or isolator is a good tip.”
“The question facing marketers is how to reach the emerging "impoverished isolator" demographic; people who rarely leave their homes, have stopped keeping up with friends and family and often spend several hours a day in the fetal position.”
Lesley Stern: How To Live On $0 A Day: The Next Big Thing In Marketing -- Anti-Social Media
“Any new Ares rockets will be updated to include the addition of upper plane C-Spring isolator module and the upper stage fuel tank LOX damper.”
Engineers Find Fixes For Potential Thrust Oscillation Problem on Ares | Universe Today
“But Double Glazing are not only isolator: thanks to them you can drastically reduce noise (very high in cities for example), improve security (it's difficult to accidentally broke a double glazing) and also improve the look of your property...all at a very low cost!”
“In one case, authorities noticed the smell of cigarette smoke in a so-called "penalty isolator" cell where seven convicts were being held.”
“We also contacted -- the military has an isolator they can roll on or off aircraft and put patients in respiratory isolation without posing a risk to the pilot or the crew.”
“There was no telegraphic communication in any part of the corral between the house and the palisade; but the engineer, running straight to the first post, saw by the light of a flash a new wire hanging from the isolator to the ground.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘isolator’.
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Mundane Transformers
Bore that meets the eye.
potamogeton, testator, scrutator, isolator, confiteor, deflator, qwerty, susceptor, champertor, preemptor, disinfector, infractor and 91 more...
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Dieter's list
New, funny or weird language, words and slang that caught my interest.
cult of the dead cow, isolator, flipping bits, smack back, on the take, phantom fat
Tweets
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whichbe An evil Decepticon that transforms into a cubicle. Oct 29, 2008