See Also: insulation(medicine)
insulation(dictionary)
insulation(dictionary)

perestroika (iou) and insulation (iou)


perestroika (iou)



perestroika noun. L20.
[Russian perestrouka restructuring.]
The reform of the economic and political system of the former USSR, first proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted under the Leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.
perestroikan adjective L20.

insulation (iou)



insulation noun. M18.
[from INSULATE verb + -ATION.]
The action of insulating or the condition of being insulated against the passage of electricity, heat, or sound; the degree to which something is insulated. M18.
Electrical Review Higher Voltage demands better insulation.
b. Insulating or non-conductive material. L19.
J. S. Foster Practical ways of incorporating insulation in wall construction.
The action or an act of detaching or separating a thing etc. from its surroundings; the state or condition of being isolated. L18.
G. Wakefield An absolute insulation..from the reasonable benefits of society.
The action of making land into an island; the fact of being made into an island; an island. M19.