Insulation
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Insulation may mean:
- Building insulation, added to buildings for comfort and energy efficiency
- Soundproofing, also known as acoustic insulation, any means of reducing the intensity of sound
- Thermal insulation, materials used to reduce the rate of heat transfer
- Electrical insulation, the use of material to resist the flow of electric current
- In genetics, an insulator is a regulatory sequence found between enhancers and promotors to improve the gene specificity of regulatory proteins.