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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/ [US] Audio: en-uk-insulation.ogg [UK], en-us-insulation.ogg [US] Forms: insulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Etymology tree English insulate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insulation From insulate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|insulate|-ion|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English insulate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insulation [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-acioun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ion", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "insulation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="insulation"> From insulate + -ion. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insulation (countable and uncountable, plural insulations)
  1. The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The act of insulating): մեկուսացում (mekusacʻum) (Armenian), առանձնացում (aṙanjnacʻum) (Armenian), 孤立 (gūlì) (Chinese Mandarin), izolado (Esperanto), eristys (Finnish), eristäminen (Finnish), isolation [feminine] (French), Isolation [feminine] (German), μόνωση (mónosi) [feminine] (Greek), isolamento [masculine] (Italian), coibentazione [feminine] (Italian), изолирање (izoliranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), изолација (izolacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), insulação [feminine] (Portuguese), isolamento [masculine] (Portuguese), izolare [feminine] (Romanian), изоли́рование (izolírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), изоля́ция (izoljácija) [feminine] (Russian), aislamiento [masculine] (Spanish), aislación [feminine, rare] (Spanish), insulación [feminine] (Spanish), isolering [common-gender] (Swedish), sabukod (Tagalog)
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  2. The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The state of being insulated): eristyneisyys (Finnish), eristäytyneisyys (Finnish), isolement [masculine] (French), isolamento [masculine] (Italian), coibentamento [masculine] (Italian)
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  3. Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building): eriste (Finnish), isolant [masculine] (French), isolator (Indonesian), isolante termico [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-insulation-en-noun-lwAcsf-E Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 16 21 21 13 15 14 Disambiguation of 'Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building': 2 3 87 4 1 2
  4. (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The act of separating a body from others): մեկուսացում (mekusacʻum) (Armenian), eristys (Finnish), eristäminen (Finnish), Dämmung [feminine] (German), Isolierung [feminine] (German), μόνωση (mónosi) [feminine] (Greek), изолирање (izoliranje) [neuter] (Macedonian), изолација (izolacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), izolacja [feminine] (Polish), separare [feminine] (Romanian), izolare [feminine] (Romanian), изоли́рование (izolírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), изоля́ция (izoljácija) [feminine] (Russian), isolering [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  5. (engineering) The state of a body so separated. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  6. (electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources): eriste (Finnish), μόνωση (mónosi) [feminine] (Greek), isolator (Indonesian), оқшаулама (oqšawlama) (Kazakh), изолација (izolacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), изола́тор (izolátor) [masculine] (Macedonian), izolație [feminine] (Romanian), изоля́ция (izoljácija) [feminine] (Russian), изоля́тор (izoljátor) [masculine] (Russian), isolering (Swedish), isolator [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: insular, insulate, insulator, isolate, isolation, peninsula

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "μόνωση"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "word": "isolamento"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "roman": "izolacija",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "word": "изолација"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "insulação"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "word": "isolamento"
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "word": "aislación"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
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      "word": "isolering"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "word": "sabukod"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
      "word": "eristäytyneisyys"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
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      "word": "isolement"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
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      "word": "isolamento"
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      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
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      "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
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      "word": "Dämmung"
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      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
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      "roman": "izolacija",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
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      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
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      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "mónosi",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
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      "word": "μόνωση"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "word": "isolator"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "oqšawlama",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "word": "оқшаулама"
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      "roman": "izolacija",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
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      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
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      "word": "izolație"
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      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
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