Meaning of insulation | Babel Free

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1. The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation
3. The act or process of isolating:isolation, segregation, separation, sequestration.
4. The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation
5. The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
   countable, uncountable
6. to cover, protect or separate (something) with a material that does not let especially electrical currents or heat etc pass through it. Rubber and plastic are used for insulating electric wires and cables. isoleer يَعْزِل، يُغَطّي بمادةٍ عازِلَه изолирам isolar izolovat isolieren isolere μονώνωaislar eraldama عایق بندی کردن eristää isoler לְבוֹדֵד आवरण चढा़ना, अलग करना izolirati szigetel melindungi einangra isolare 絶縁する 절연하다 izoliuoti izolēt; norobežot melindungi isolerenisolereizolować جلاكو...
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7. Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building
8. Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
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9. isolasie عَزْل изолация isolamento izolace die Isolierung isolering μόνωσηaislamiento eraldamine عایق بندی eriste isolationבידוד विद्युत रोधन izoliranje, izolacija elszigetel(őd)és; szigetelő(anyag) isolasi einangrun isolamento 絶縁 절연 izoliacija izolācija; izolēšana; norobežošana perlindungan isolatieisolasjon, isoleringizolacja جلاوالى، بيلوالى isolamento izolaţie изоляция; изоляционныи материал izolácia izolacija izolovanost isolation, isolering ฉนวน yalıtım 絕緣 ізоляція; відокремлення غیر مو...
10. The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
11. The act of insulating or the state of being insulated.
12. The state of a body so separated
13. The state of a body so separated.
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14. A material or substance used in insulating: soundproof cork insulation; a layer of trapped air that serves as insulation.
15. a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
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16. (General Physics) Also called: insulant material used to insulate a body, device, or region
17. (General Physics) the act or process of insulating
18. material used for insulating.
19. the act of insulating.
20. the state of being insulated.

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“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.”

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