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insular
(encz) | insular,izolovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
insular
(encz) | insular,ostrovní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Insular
(gcide) | Insular \In"su*lar\, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F.
insulaire. See Isle.]
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1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or
possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an
insular climate, fauna, etc.
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2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow;
circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits,
opinions, or prejudices.
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The penury of insular conversation. --Johnson.
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Insular
(gcide) | Insular \In"su*lar\, n.
An islander. [R.] --Berkeley.
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insular
(wn) | insular
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated on an
island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
2: suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly
insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the
scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
3: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy
with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward
foreigners" [syn: insular, parochial] |
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insularism
(encz) | insularism,inzulárnost n: Zdeněk Brožinsularism,osamocenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
insularity
(encz) | insularity,izolovanost n: Zdeněk Brožinsularity,osamocenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
peninsular
(encz) | peninsular,poloostrovní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
East-insular
(gcide) | East-insular \East`-in"su*lar\, a.
Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] --Ogilvie.
Eastward |
Insular
(gcide) | Insular \In"su*lar\, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F.
insulaire. See Isle.]
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1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or
possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an
insular climate, fauna, etc.
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2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow;
circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits,
opinions, or prejudices.
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The penury of insular conversation. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]Insular \In"su*lar\, n.
An islander. [R.] --Berkeley.
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insular sclerosis
(gcide) | Sclerosis \Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s
hard.]
1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of
induration produced in an organ by increase of its
interstitial connective tissue.
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2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
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Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which
patches of hardening, produced by increase of the
neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found
scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is
associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar
jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and
is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as {multiple
sclerosis}, disseminated sclerosis, or {insular
sclerosis}, but now usually called only {multiple
sclerosis}, or MS.
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insularism
(gcide) | insularism \insularism\ n.
the state of being insulated.
Syn: insulation, insularity, detachment.
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Insularity
(gcide) | Insularity \In`su*lar"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. insularit['e].]
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1. The state or quality of being an island or consisting of
islands; insulation.
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The insularity of Britain was first shown by
Agricola, who sent his fleet round it. --Pinkerton.
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2. Narrowness or illiberality of opinion; prejudice;
exclusiveness; as, the insularity of the Chinese or of the
aristocracy.
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Insularly
(gcide) | Insularly \In"su*lar*ly\, adv.
In an insular manner.
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Insulary
(gcide) | Insulary \In"su*la*ry\, a.
Insular. [Obs.] --Howell.
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Peninsular
(gcide) | Peninsular \Pen*in"su*lar\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]ninsulaire.]
Of or pertaining to a peninsula; as, a peninsular form;
peninsular people; the peninsular war.
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Septinsular
(gcide) | Septinsular \Sep*tin"su*lar\, a. [Septi- + insular.]
Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of
the Ionian Isles.
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insularism
(wn) | insularism
n 1: the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of
England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn:
insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment] |
insularity
(wn) | insularity
n 1: the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of
England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn:
insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment] |
peninsular
(wn) | peninsular
adj 1: of or forming or resembling a peninsula; "peninsular
isolation" |
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