"insulation" meaning in English

See insulation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/ [US] Audio: en-uk-insulation.ogg , en-us-insulation.ogg Forms: insulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From insulate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|insulate|ion|nocat=1}} 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), 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), isolering [common-gender] (Swedish), sabukod (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-insulation-en-noun-VqbYOZLM Disambiguation of 'The act of insulating': 77 3 1 17 1 1
  2. The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The state of being insulated): isolement [masculine] (French), isolamento [masculine] (Italian), coibentamento [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-insulation-en-noun-eMBdiM7i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 37 12 18 16 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 62 8 11 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 47 8 18 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 50 12 16 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 52 11 12 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 56 11 12 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 52 11 12 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 52 13 12 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 53 11 12 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 34 10 15 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 6 52 11 12 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 56 11 12 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 52 11 12 10 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 38 10 17 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 51 11 13 12 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 52 11 12 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 52 11 12 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 60 10 11 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 59 9 12 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 54 11 12 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 6 52 12 12 10 8 Disambiguation of 'The state of being insulated': 1 63 2 3 29 2
  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 Disambiguation of 'Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building': 3 4 82 5 3 3
  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 Categories (topical): Engineering Translations (The act of separating a body from others): մեկուսացում (mekusacʻum) (Armenian), 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)
    Sense id: en-insulation-en-noun-a7lxa3DT Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'The act of separating a body from others': 24 7 5 53 6 4
  5. (engineering) The state of a body so separated. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-insulation-en-noun-8QK7sEfq Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  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 Categories (topical): Electricity Translations (a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources): μόνωση (mónosi) [feminine] (Greek), isolator (Indonesian), 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)
    Sense id: en-insulation-en-noun-3yOI6jOX Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources': 2 2 2 4 2 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blanket insulation, cellular glass insulation, composite board insulation, glass fiber insulation Related terms: insular, insulate, insulator, isolate, isolation, peninsula

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blanket insulation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cellular glass insulation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "composite board insulation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "glass fiber insulation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "insulate",
        "3": "ion",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "insulate + -ion",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From insulate + -ion.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "insulations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "insulation (countable and uncountable, plural insulations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "insular"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "insulate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "insulator"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "isolate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "isolation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "peninsula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 5, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2016-04-13, page 98:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation."
      ],
      "id": "en-insulation-en-noun-VqbYOZLM",
      "links": [
        [
          "insulating",
          "insulating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "mekusacʻum",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "word": "մեկուսացում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "aṙanjnacʻum",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "word": "առանձնացում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gūlì",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "word": "孤立"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "word": "izolado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "isolation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Isolation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mónosi",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μόνωση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isolamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "coibentazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izoliranje",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "изолирање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izolacija",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "изолација"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "insulação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isolamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "izolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izolírovanije",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "изоли́рование"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izoljácija",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "изоля́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aislamiento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "isolering"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "77 3 1 17 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "The act of insulating",
          "word": "sabukod"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 37 12 18 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 62 8 11 8 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 47 8 18 11 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 50 12 16 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 11 12 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 56 11 12 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 11 12 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 13 12 10 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 53 11 12 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 34 10 15 20 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 11 12 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 56 11 12 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 11 12 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 38 10 17 15 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 51 11 13 12 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 11 12 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 11 12 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 60 10 11 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 59 9 12 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 54 11 12 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 52 12 12 10 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation."
      ],
      "id": "en-insulation-en-noun-eMBdiM7i",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 63 2 3 29 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "The state of being insulated",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isolement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 63 2 3 29 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The state of being insulated",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isolamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 63 2 3 29 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "The state of being insulated",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coibentamento"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building."
      ],
      "id": "en-insulation-en-noun-lwAcsf-E",
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 82 5 3 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
          "word": "eriste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 82 5 3 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isolant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 82 5 3 3",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
          "word": "isolator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 82 5 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "isolante termico"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Engineering",
          "orig": "en:Engineering",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound"
      ],
      "id": "en-insulation-en-noun-a7lxa3DT",
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "mekusacʻum",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "word": "մեկուսացում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Dämmung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Isolierung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mónosi",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μόνωση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izoliranje",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "изолирање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izolacija",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "изолација"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "izolacja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "separare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "izolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izolírovanije",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "изоли́рование"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izoljácija",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "изоля́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 7 5 53 6 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "isolering"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Engineering",
          "orig": "en:Engineering",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state of a body so separated."
      ],
      "id": "en-insulation-en-noun-8QK7sEfq",
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering) The state of a body so separated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Electricity",
          "orig": "en:Electricity",
          "parents": [
            "Electromagnetism",
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources."
      ],
      "id": "en-insulation-en-noun-3yOI6jOX",
      "links": [
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mónosi",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μόνωση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "word": "isolator"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izolacija",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "изолација"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izolátor",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "изола́тор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "izolație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izoljácija",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "изоля́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izoljátor",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "изоля́тор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "word": "isolering"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 2 4 2 88",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "isolator"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-insulation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/En-uk-insulation.ogg/En-uk-insulation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/En-uk-insulation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-insulation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/En-us-insulation.ogg/En-us-insulation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-insulation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "insulation"
  ],
  "word": "insulation"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blanket insulation"
    },
    {
      "word": "cellular glass insulation"
    },
    {
      "word": "composite board insulation"
    },
    {
      "word": "glass fiber insulation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "insulate",
        "3": "ion",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "insulate + -ion",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From insulate + -ion.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "insulations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "insulation (countable and uncountable, plural insulations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "insular"
    },
    {
      "word": "insulate"
    },
    {
      "word": "insulator"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolate"
    },
    {
      "word": "isolation"
    },
    {
      "word": "peninsula"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 5, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2016-04-13, page 98:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insulating",
          "insulating"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state of a body so separated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering) The state of a body so separated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Electricity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electricity) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-insulation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/En-uk-insulation.ogg/En-uk-insulation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/En-uk-insulation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-insulation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/En-us-insulation.ogg/En-us-insulation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/En-us-insulation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mekusacʻum",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "word": "մեկուսացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙanjnacʻum",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "word": "առանձնացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gūlì",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "word": "孤立"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "word": "izolado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "isolation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Isolation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mónosi",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μόνωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coibentazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izoliranje",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изолирање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izolacija",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изолација"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insulação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "izolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izolírovanije",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изоли́рование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izoljácija",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изоля́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aislamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "isolering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "The act of insulating",
      "word": "sabukod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolement"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The state of being insulated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coibentamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
      "word": "eriste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolant"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
      "word": "isolator"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isolante termico"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mekusacʻum",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "word": "մեկուսացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dämmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Isolierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mónosi",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μόνωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izoliranje",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изолирање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izolacija",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изолација"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "izolacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "separare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "izolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izolírovanije",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изоли́рование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izoljácija",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изоля́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The act of separating a body from others",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "isolering"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mónosi",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μόνωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "word": "isolator"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izolacija",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изолација"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izolátor",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изола́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "izolație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izoljácija",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "изоля́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izoljátor",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изоля́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "word": "isolering"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "isolator"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "insulation"
  ],
  "word": "insulation"
}

Download raw JSONL data for insulation meaning in English (11.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.