Usually means: Material that reduces heat transfer.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. insulation: Merriam-Webster
  2. insulation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. insulation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. insulation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. insulation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Insulation, insulation: Wordnik
  7. insulation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. insulation: Wiktionary
  9. insulation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. insulation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. insulation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. insulation: Dictionary.com
  13. insulation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Insulation (building), Insulation (disambiguation), Insulation (electric), Insulation (electrical), Insulation (list of insulation material), Insulation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Insulation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. insulation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. insulation: Rhymezone
  18. insulation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. insulation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. insulation: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. insulation: FreeDictionary.org
  22. insulation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. insulation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. insulation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Insulation: Corporate Apparel Glossary
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Insulation: Energy Dictionary
  4. insulation: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Insulation (electric), Insulation (electrical), insulation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. insulation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. insulation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. insulation: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
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  4. Efficient Windows (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)
  7. Explosives (No longer online)
  8. Insulation: Construction Glossary
  9. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  10. Reliance Electric motor terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
noun:  The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
noun:  Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
noun:  (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
noun:  (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
noun:  (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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