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insulation

[in-suh-ley-shuhn, ins-yuh-]

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noun

material used for insulating.

the act of insulating.

the state of being insulated.

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Origin:
1790–1800; insulate + -ion

Related forms

pre·in·su·la·tion, noun

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Faced insulation has paper or foil on one side as a vapor barrier.

It's as if the insulation around electrical wiring were wearing thin.

The money isn't for insulation per se, it's for approved contractors to apply insulation.

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Faced insulation has paper or foil on one side as a vapor barrier.

It's as if the insulation around electrical wiring were wearing thin.

The money isn't for insulation per se, it's for approved contractors to apply insulation.

Proper insulation conserves heating and cooling energy.

Cut or flat, can plug used in ceilings, similar to how the paper can be recycled as insulation material.

Earmuffs are nothing more than over-the-ear headphones with some extra insulation and a frustrating inability to play music.

If insulation is already there, unfaced is better to use to avoid condensation between barriers.

His own advice is often of moral insulation and compartmentalization:.

More insulation would improve energy efficiency enormously.

Local building codes dictate required exterior wall and ceiling insulation.

Polymers can fulfill a wide variety of functions thanks to properties such as high strength, solvent resistance and insulation.

Shingles and insulation are also must-haves to keep the chickens warm and dry if you live in an extreme climate.

Such insulation can be worn away by wet weather and rock salt used to clear streets of snow and ice.

And, being in a warm climate, there is no sound insulation.

Their answer, it appears, is thicker insulation and better preparation against folly and accident.

As part of your audit, make sure that your home has adequate insulation.

Installing a traditional form of insulation would be the first defense.

The company says a failure in a power panel led to a fire involving an insulation blanket.

The foam insulation is turned into pellets that can be used as fuel or for other products.

We have to think more persistently and consistently about the insulation of our houses.

Careful insulation makes my energy consumption so low the electric company sent a man to check the meter.

Strategies include installing more insulation or appliances that.

In animals with a thick hair coat this rising of hair expands the layer of air that serves as insulation.

Vacuum is a trailer-mounted beast that removes uranium-contaminated insulation.

Most of the worry centers on manufactured goods that release formaldehyde gas, especially wood products, textiles and insulation.

No artificial insulation is necessary and that includes tenure.

Also, thieves sometimes burn off the insulation on electrical cabling anyway.

Six women suffocate from fumes while applying insulation.

Better insulation for high-voltage cables could keep them dry during deluges and cut transmission loss.

Laptops can be ruggedized with lots of duct tape, tennis balls and pipe insulation.

The wires running from the outlets to the ground are called neutral wires and are color-coded with white insulation.

Many people have already installed insulation and double-glazing, but more is to be done.

The evolutionary precursors of true feathers, protofeathers were hairlike and probably developed for insulation.

Insulation is spotty at best, single-paned windows leak heat in winter and.

And next time around, they hope to fix some of the insulation and electronic failures that they faced this time around.

Once you've bored the hole, you can push the fish tape up through the insulation to the outlet opening in the wall above.

She also approved heavy spending on a seriously flawed insulation scheme and a school building programme which saw mismanagement.

Extreme cold following blizzards can burst pipes in homes without insulation or heat and jam rivers with ice, causing floods.

Over time, the wire's insulation can become brittle and vulnerable.

There is no air conditioner or fan, of course, and the insulation and carpeting were jettisoned as well.

These foams provide insulation and help hold up refrigerators and freezers, but are considered harmful to the environment.

Do that too often and the heat generated will burn the insulation around the electrical windings and destroy the motor.

In addition, check the condition of the insulation in your home and add more if.

Leaf litter beds provide habitat for wildlife and insulation for the root systems of perennial plants during the winter months.

The peeling wooden clapboards were largely gone from the lower walls for firewood leaving the studs and the insulation exposed.

But thousands of buildings constructed before then contain the once-popular insulation material.

Japanese economic style was the insulation of major companies from short-term financial pressures.

Add insulation and seal the outer walls of your home.

So the heat/cool in that scenario is not an energy loss provided there's insulation to prevent loss.

To do that requires a fair amount of insulation and isolation.

In an upstairs bedroom, plaster had fallen away from a wall and woolly gray insulation was hanging.

Some paleontologists have argued that feathers could have started out as insulation.

Surviving neurons often lose myelin, the insulation needed for reliable and quick signal transmission.

Specs are top notch, including gold plated audio connectors and silver plated cables with teflon insulation.

Windows in newer houses may stick if too much insulation is packed in the window jamb.

With the summer definitely over, you may want to see whether the insulation in your house can be improved.

We plan on roof, siding and roof replacement and added insulation later, then solar panels.

Rainproof and insect proof inside, and providing good insulation from the heat and the cold.

As expected, the ship's foam insulation was the main cause of the disaster.

Insulation wrapped around the outer can retains heat.

Increasing ventilation would help in the summer and better insulation in the attic would help in the.

The building had no insulation to speak of, and the roof leaked.

It means much or little to a man according to the amount of insulation he has on his nerves.

The insulation that keeps seals warm is pure fat, which provides twice the calories of muscle.

The tissue is white because many axons are coated with tightly wrapped layers of electrical insulation called myelin.

Pull the insulation back from the roof to make sure that all the vents are clear.

Insulation made of recycled jean material may be used for walls.

Silicon in the soil is appropriate insulation for heat.

Then cut the floor insulation to fit up against the baffles.

The exterior insulation is covered with a flexible vinyl.

Phiar's approach is to place two metal layers on either side of a double layer of insulation.

The insulation should not come over the fan housing or blades.

Although they can swim almost from birth, they need the thermal insulation of a thick blubber layer to survive in frigid seas.

Such greenhouse gases trap heat radiated off of the surface of the earth forming a type of insulation around the planet.

The ailment involves destruction of myelin, the white, fatty insulation on nerve cells.

All offer superior insulation over wood and vinyl siding, but some require nonrenewable resources for their manufacture.

Unless these trends can be reversed, the increasing electronic insulation of individuals will likely tend to increase.

Foam insulation is taped to the windows of the concrete building to keep out the frost.

It also works as insulation and cushions us from knocks and falls.

Old wood frame houses and their insulation are nearly all cellulose so one would expect to find these microorganisms there also.

The slushy mix corrodes the insulation of the underground electrical wires.

Decking, floors and even insulation can be made from recycled wood and plastics.

Whilst poor insulation keeps buildings hot in the summer, it also allows heat to escape in the winter months.

The burlap offers shade, a bit of insulation from the heat, and air circulation.

Better insulation standards for buildings can be had instantly.

Got out the duna and used it as extra insulation on the top and sides, seems to work.

The disease is one in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the electrical insulation of nerve fibers.

They have four layers of feathers and the ability to store body fat to serve as insulation from the cold.

Without modern insulation they would have gone delirious and died of hypothermia before getting close.

Paper cups are not only more than twice the cost of foam cups, they are less functional, especially in insulation properties.

Our home is one of the few here that have insulation in the ceiling and walls.

Insulation aside, the floss's biggest selling point is that it's hypoallergenic.

And better insulation would reduce fuel demands too.

Owens-Corning manufactured asbestos insulation for boilers, pipes and other hot surfaces.

Since extremely efficient insulation now exists, solar water heat is now possible in colder climates.

Yet more ignorance born from insulation from the real world.

When insulation was invented, the standard of living did not go down.

Legislation on the reduction of heating would therefore reduce the need for the expensive insulation of buildings.

So humans are naked because they use their thick subcutaneous fat for insulation rather than hair.

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World English Dictionary

insulation (ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən)

—n
1.	Also called: insulant material used to insulate a body, device, or region
2.	the act or process of insulating

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