Isolation vs. Insulation
Isolationnoun
The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.
Isolationnoun
The state of being away from other people.
Isolationnoun
The act of isolating.
Isolationnoun
The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
Isolationnoun
(chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture
Isolationnoun
(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others
Isolationnoun
(databases) a database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
Isolationnoun
The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.
Isolationnoun
a state of separation between persons or groups
Isolationnoun
the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
Isolationnoun
a feeling of being disliked and alone
Isolationnoun
preference for seclusion or isolation
Isolationnoun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
Isolationnoun
a country's withdrawal from internal politics;
Insulationnoun
The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
Insulationnoun
The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
Insulationnoun
Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
Insulationnoun
(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
Insulationnoun
(engineering) The state of a body so separated.
Insulationnoun
(electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
Insulationnoun
The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
Insulationnoun
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.
Insulationnoun
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.
Insulationnoun
the state of being isolated or detached;
Insulationnoun
a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
Insulationnoun
the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
