INSULATE DEFINED BY:
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insulate (COVER)
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verb [T]
to use a material to
cover or go around (the surface of something) in order to prevent heat, electricity,
etc., from escaping or entering
Government ~
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
The
process of preventing or reducing the transmission of electricity, heat, or sound
to or from a body, device, or region by surrounding it with a nonconducting material.(Source:
CED) (Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), European Topic Centre on Catalogue
of Data Sources (ETC/CDS): General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus Term Detail)
Trade
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National Contractor
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Any material used to reduce the effects of heat, cold or sound transmission and
to reduce fire hazard; any material used in the prevention of the transfer of
electricity, heat, cold, moisture and sound.
