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)
an insulating material
the act of insulating for the purposes of protecting something
the state of being insulated
the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity