insulation
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]insulation (countable and uncountable, plural insulations)
- The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
- 2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 April 2016, page 98:
- Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
- The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
- Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
- (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
- (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
- (electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
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[edit]The act of insulating
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The state of being insulated
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Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building
The act of separating a body from others
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a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources
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