insulation

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From insulate

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

insulation (countable and uncountable; plural insulations)

1. The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
   • 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, 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.

2. Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
3. (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
4. (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
5. (electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.

Derived terms

• blanket insulation
• cellular glass insulation
• composite board insulation
• glass fiber insulation

Related terms

• insular
• insulate
• insulator
• isolate
• isolation
• peninsula

Translations

The act of insulating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孤立 (cmn)

• Esperanto: izolado (eo)
• French: isolation (fr) f
• Greek: μόνωση (el) (mónosi) f

• Macedonian: изолирање (mk) (izolíranje) n, изолација (mk) (izolácija) f
• Portuguese: insulação (pt) f, isolamento (pt) f
• Romanian: izolare (ro) f
• Russian: изолирование (ru) (izolírobanije) n, изоляция (ru) (izol'ácija) f

The act of separating a body from others

• Greek: μόνωση (el) (mónosi) f
• Macedonian: изолирање (mk) (izolíranje) n, изолација (mk) (izolácija) f

• Romanian: separare (ro) f, izolare (ro) f
• Russian: изолирование (ru) (izolírobanije) n, изоляция (ru) (izol'ácija) f

a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources

• Greek: μόνωση (el) (mónosi) f
• Macedonian: изолација (mk) (izolácija) f, изолатор (mk) (izolátor) m

• Romanian: izolație (ro) f
• Russian: изоляция (ru) (izol'ácija) f, изолятор (ru) (izol'átor) m

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• Spanish: aislamiento m