#thermal insulation
- Heat-insulating — Thermally insulating, preventing the transmission, propagation, or penetration of heat; a material or protective coating with extremely low thermal conductivity, utilized for insulating buildings, industrial pipes, or internal combustion engine components. In modern engineering, anti-caloric properties guarantee energy efficiency and protection against the overheating of mechanical structures.
- Antipyretic — Combating, reducing, or regulating high fever (in a medical sense) or stopping, isolating, and resisting the direct action of heat and extreme temperatures (in a technical sense). As a medication (antipyretic), it acts on the thermoregulatory centers in the brain to lower body temperature; as an industrial material, it functions as a protective shield against thermal propagation.
- Tire — An elastic outer covering made of reinforced rubber with fabrics and metal wires, mounted on a vehicle wheel rim, aimed at ensuring grip, shock absorption, and driving safety; (construction) the exterior protective barrier of a building (walls, roof, windows) thermally insulating the interior from the environment.
- Asbestos — A generic name given to a group of naturally occurring silicate minerals with a fibrous structure, remarkable for their absolute resistance to fire, acids, and mechanical tension, as well as for their thermal and electrical insulating properties. Intensively used in the past in the construction materials industry (asbestos-cement sheets, insulation), its modern use is strictly prohibited or severely restricted structurally from a medical standpoint, as the inhalation of microscopic fibers is highly toxic, causing asbestosis and severe lung diseases.