What's the difference between insulated and set?

Insulated


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Insulate
  • (p. a.) Standing by itself; not being contiguous to other bodies; separated; unconnected; isolated; as, an insulated house or column.
  • (p. a.) Separated from other bodies by means of nonconductors of heat or electricity.
  • (p. a.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Light microscopic studies of pancreata from mice sacrificed at this time demonstrated insulitis and beta cell necrosis.
  • (2) The incidence and severity of insulitis was linked to MHC but no influence of TCR genes on insulitis nor an association between insulitis and antipolar antibodies could be demonstrated in this study.
  • (3) BB rats develop both pancreatic insulitis and lymphocytic thyroiditis, but whereas spontaneous autoimmune diabetes is common, hypothyroidism is rare.
  • (4) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".
  • (5) Called arctic packs, the insulating material consists of crude oil or diesel fuel.
  • (6) Matthew Fuller, 25, Rueben Barnes, 16, and Mitchell Sweeney, 22, died from electrocution and Marcus Wilson, 19, died after installing insulation batts in extreme heat.
  • (7) It found that on average, loft insulation decreases home gas consumption by 1.7%, cavity wall insulation by 7.8% and a new boiler by 9.2% (median figures were slightly higher).
  • (8) Heterozygosity for H-2nod was permissive for the development of pancreatic interstitial inflammation and peri-islet insulitis, whereas homozygosity for H-2nod was highly associated with insulitis.
  • (9) The probe tip was a gold-plated pin, insulated from the saliva by soft wax.
  • (10) "We quickly added cavity wall insulation which warmed the house, and fitted low-energy light bulbs in most rooms, reducing our electricity bill.
  • (11) Nicotinamide, a vitamin B group substance, has previously been shown to prevent diabetes and suppress insulitis in the NOD mouse.
  • (12) The NOD (non-obese diabetic) mouse spontaneously develops insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) characterized by autoimmune insulitis, involving lymphocytic infiltration around and into the islets followed by pancreatic beta (beta) cell destruction, similar to human IDDM.
  • (13) New laws may be needed to force private landlords to insulate and upgrade rented homes, the report says.
  • (14) Composite resin restoration of posterior teeth necessitates a reassessment of cavity insulation and dentine conditioning.
  • (15) "Before this scheme rolled out I think there were very few accidents in the insulation industry," said the commissioner, Ian Hanger QC, adding that problems occurred after an influx of people becoming installers, including a number of "shonks".
  • (16) Treatment with IL-1 alpha also inhibited insulitis and hyperglycemia induced by adoptive transfer of pathogenic, polyclonal CD4+8- T cells.
  • (17) In conclusion, there is a reasonable chance that retirement plan assets in Delaware qualified plans are insulated from judgment creditors, but the best course is to maintain adequate insurance protection and follow an aggressive prejudgment strategy in serious cases so you don't have to resolve the issue in a bankruptcy proceeding.
  • (18) The incidence of insulation break in this polyurethane unipolar electrode is uncommon and occurs at further stress points.
  • (19) Subsequent histological examination of pancreatic tissues revealed that autoimmune insulitis was prevented in E alpha d backcross and transgenic mice but not in A beta k transgenic mice.
  • (20) These results confirmed the presence of type C retrovirus in non-obese diabetic mouse Beta cells and suggest a role for retrovirus in the development of insulitis and diabetes in these mice.

Set


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Set
  • (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
  • (v. t.) To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
  • (v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
  • (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
  • (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
  • (v. t.) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
  • (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
  • (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
  • (v. t.) To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
  • (v. t.) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
  • (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
  • (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
  • (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
  • (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
  • (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
  • (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
  • (v. t.) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
  • (v. t.) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
  • (v. t.) To value; to rate; -- with at.
  • (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
  • (v. t.) To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
  • (v. t.) To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
  • (v. t.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
  • (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
  • (v. i.) To fit music to words.
  • (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
  • (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
  • (v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
  • (v. i.) To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
  • (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
  • (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
  • (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
  • (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
  • (v. i.) To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
  • (a.) Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
  • (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
  • (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
  • (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
  • (a.) Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
  • (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
  • (n.) That which is set, placed, or fixed.
  • (n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
  • (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
  • (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
  • (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
  • (n.) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
  • (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
  • (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
  • (n.) A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
  • (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
  • (n.) In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
  • (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.
  • (n.) A young oyster when first attached.
  • (n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
  • (n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
  • (n.) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The various evocational changes appear to form sets of interconnected systems and this complex network seems to embody some plasticity since it has been possible to suppress experimentally some of the most universal evocational events or alter their temporal order without impairing evocation itself.
  • (2) Serum samples from 23 families, including a total of 48 affected children, were tested for a set of "classical markers."
  • (3) The Cole-Moore effect, which was found here only under a specific set of conditions, thus may be a special case rather than the general property of the membrane.
  • (4) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: β€œTo effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (5) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
  • (6) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
  • (7) There was virtually no difference in a set of subtypic determinants between the serum and liver.
  • (8) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
  • (9) Second, the unknown is searched against the database to find all materials with the same or similar element types; the results are kept in set 2.
  • (10) The stepped approach is cost-effective and provides an objective basis for decisions and priority setting.
  • (11) The scleral arc length is slightly longer than the chord length (caliper setting).
  • (12) Dominic Fifield Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ravel Morrison, who has been on loan at QPR, may be set for a return to Loftus Road.
  • (13) When reformist industrialist Robert Owen set about creating a new community among the workers in his New Lanark cotton-spinning mills at the turn of the nineteenth century, it was called socialism, not corporate social responsibility.
  • (14) The denial of justice to victims of British torture, some of which Britain admits, is set to continue.
  • (15) In the genitourinary clinic setting, clinical diagnosis prior to biopsy was found frequently to be inaccurate.
  • (16) We set a new basic plane on an orthopantomogram in order to measure the gonial angle and obtained the following: 1) Usable error difference in ordinary clinical setting ranged from 0.5 degrees-1.0 degree.
  • (17) It is intended to aid in finding the appropriate PI (proportional-integral) controller settings by means of computer simulation instead of real experiments with the system.
  • (18) This alloimmune memory was shown to survive for up to 50 days after first-set rejection.
  • (19) Short-forms of Wechsler intelligence tests have abounded in the literature and have been recommended for use as screening instruments in clinical and research settings.
  • (20) Unstable subcapital fractures and dislocation fractures of the humerus can usually be set by closed reduction.