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isolate
[ verb ahy-suh-leyt; noun adjective ahy-suh-lit, -leyt ]
verb (used with object)
, i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing.
- to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- Medicine/Medical. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.
- Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.
- Electricity. to insulate.
- Television. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.
noun
- a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
- Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
- Also called lan·guage i·so·late [lang, -gwij , ahy, -s, uh, -lit]. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
- something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process:
an isolate of soy flour.
adjective
- isolated; alone.
isolate
verb
- to place apart; cause to be alone
- med to quarantine (a person or animal) having or suspected of having a contagious disease
- to obtain (a compound) in an uncombined form
- to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease)
- electronics to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate
noun
- an isolated person or group
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Derived Forms
- ˈisolable, adjective
- ˈisoˌlator, noun
- ˌisolaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- i·so·la·tor noun
- re·i·so·late verb (used with object) reisolated reisolating
- un·i·so·late verb (used with object) unisolated unisolating
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of isolate1
C19: back formation from isolated, via Italian from Latin insulātus, literally: made into an island; see insulate
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