'Insulation' definitions:
Definition of 'insulation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn: insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment]
noun
A material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity [syn: insulating material, insulant, insulation]
noun
The act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Definition of 'Insulation'
From: GCIDE
- Insulation \In`su*la"tion\, n.
- 1. The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Elec. & Thermotics) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity or of heat; also, the state of a body so separated. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The material or substance used to insulate from either electrical or thermal conduction; as, fiberglass is used as thermal insulation in the walls and roofs of houses. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'insulation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aegis,
- alien,
- apartheid,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- color bar,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- dashboard,
- division,
- dodger,
- ethnocentrism,
- exclusiveness,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- foreigner,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- insularity,
- interlock,
- isolation,
- Jim Crow,
- knee guard,
- know-nothingism,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- narrowness,
- nose guard,
- out-group,
- outcast,
- outsider,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parochialism,
- patent,
- persona non grata,
- pilot,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- quarantine,
- race hatred,
- racial segregation,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- seat belt,
- seclusion,
- segregation,
- separation,
- shield,
- shin guard,
- snobbishness,
- stranger,
- sun helmet,
- tightness,
- umbrella,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- xenophobia