Insulation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun The material or substance used in insulating.

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

III. Insulation ·noun 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.