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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to insulate or keep safe.
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Examples
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It was this insulative quality, later on, which would hurt the Star Trek franchise.
Revisiting Star Trek [Part 2 of 7]: The Next Generation 2009
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Between the insulative value of the thick earthen blanket and the passive solar benefits of a long, exposed concrete wall facing south, the Atchleys can heat the entire house with a small wood stove and sail through the hot and humid Kansas summers without air conditioning.
Homeowners can charge some remodeling costs to credit cards Katherine Salant 2010
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Straw bales are not only highly insulative, but they are totally natural, too, unlike typical “pink foam” insulation, which can emit toxic fumes.
How To Prevent Global Warming With Straw Bale House Construction 2009
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Case in point: there is an extremely lightweight, water, fire & insect resistant building block material with good insulative values now manufactured in Monterrey (Contec).
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This would reduce or completely eliminate the need for insulative or ablative materials to cover the craft.
The Next Generation of Heat Shield: Magnetic | Universe Today 2009
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Straw bales stand out for their excellent insulative value, and for the fact that they are a totally natural and biodegradable material with minimal embodied energy.
How To Prevent Global Warming With Straw Bale House Construction 2009
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Ground heat fluxes are reduced in tundra ecosystems with a large leaf area, which shades the ground surface [117], or where the ground cover is highly insulative, as with Sphagnum mosses [118].
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Case in point: there is an extremely lightweight, water, fire & insect resistant building block material with good insulative values now manufactured in Monterrey (Contec).
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A complete cover of vegetation, particularly highly insulative mosses, buffers soil temperatures from climate warming.
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Stuccoing each side of a bale will capture air between, this dead air becomes that insulative quality.
Trash House 2009
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