thermal barrier
Example Sentences
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The biggest focus of current green-building efforts is on the “building envelope,” which is the thermal barrier between the inside of your home and the outdoor environment.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022
Buried inside the extra-thick walls of these homes are layers of high-density fiberglass insulation flanked by rigid foam boards taped together at the seams to forge a thermal barrier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2016
More and more kings are moving up the Columbia and arriving in Brewster every day, and that thermal barrier will keep them there.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2012
To find the practical limits of the thermal barrier, says Rice, "take a hypothetical missile flying at 2,000 m.p.h. at 60,000 ft."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Fridge Freeze can function as a fridge and a freezer simultaneously by placing a thermal barrier on top of the frozen items.
From Time Magazine Archive
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