Insulation vs Insolation - What's the difference?
insulation | insolation |
The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
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Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
(engineering) The state of a body so separated.
(electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
The rate of delivery of such radiation.
The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
(medicine, dated) sunstroke.
As nouns the difference between insolation and insulation
is that insolation is the incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere while insulation is the act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.insulation
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(wikipedia insulation)Noun
citation, passage=Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.}}