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insulation

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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.

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... don't read anything except what destroys the insulation between yourself and your experience... Louise Erdrich

The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters. Ross Macdonald

Bedroom insulation is unnecessary and restrictive of optimum summer sleeping comfort. Ken Kern

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals. Lawrence Summers

I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby. Alexis Denisof

Skill is a cellular insulation that wraps neural circuits and that grows in response to certain signals. Daniel Coyle

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