Isolation vs. Insulation

The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.

The state of being away from other people.

The act of isolating.

The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).

(chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture

(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others

(databases) a database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

a state of separation between persons or groups

the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

a feeling of being disliked and alone

preference for seclusion or isolation

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

a country's withdrawal from internal politics;

Example: ‘he opposed a policy of American isolation’;

The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.

The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.

Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.

(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound

(engineering) The state of a body so separated.

(electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.

The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.

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.

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.

the state of being isolated or detached;

Example: ‘the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel’;

a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity

the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity