Insulation

Japanese: 絶縁 - ぜつえん

〘noun〙① To cut off a relationship. To cut ties. ※A Year and a Half (1901)〈Nakae Chomin〉Appendix: "In the morning they preached about cooperation, in the evening they preached about estrangement." ※A Certain Woman (1919)〈Arishima Takeo〉Later: "It is said that all the relatives of Yoko agreed to estrange themselves from each other." ② To put an electrical or thermal insulator between conductors to block the flow of electric charge or the conduction of heat. ※Kikai Kanran Hirogi (1851-58) 11: "The elements that come here will not leave, and those who have left once will not be able to come back here. This is called isolation or insulation (isoleren) ." ※The Day of the Water Cutoff (1922)〈Terada Torahiko〉"We used ebonite to insulate electricity, and made certain parts out of brass."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 関係を断ち切ること。縁を切ること。※一年有半（1901）〈中江兆民〉附録「朝に提携を唱へ、夕に絶縁を唱へ」※或る女（1919）〈有島武郎〉後「葉子に対して親類一同は絶縁する申合せをしたといふ事を」② 導体の間に電気または熱の絶縁体を入れて、電荷の流れまたは熱の伝導を遮断すること。※気海観瀾広義（1851‐58）一一「ここに来りたる越素を他に去らず、又一回去りたる者をして、ここに来るを得ざらしむ。これを離隔又絶縁(イソレーレン)といふ」※断水の日（1922）〈寺田寅彦〉「電気の絶縁の為にエボナイトを使ってある箇所を真鍮で作って」

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