containment
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mənt noun
1.
the act or condition of containing.
2.
an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation.
3.
(in a nuclear power plant) an enclosure completely surrounding a nuclear reactor, designed to prevent the release of radioactive material in the event of an accident.
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| 1. | the act or condition of containing, esp of restraining the ideological or political power of a hostile country or the operations of a hostile military force |
| 2. | (from 1947 to the mid-1970s) a principle of US foreign policy that sought to prevent the expansion of Communist power |
| 3. | physics See magnetic bottle Also called: confinement the process of preventing the plasma in a controlled thermonuclear reactor from reaching the walls of the reaction vessel, usually by confining it within a configuration of magnetic fields |
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containment definition
A policy aimed at controlling the spread of communism around the world, developed in the administration of President Harry S. Truman. The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949 was an important step in the development of containment.
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Example sentences
Soviet engineers scrambled to come up with a containment solution.
If coverage is the new law's strong point, cost containment is its weakness.
The second seeks the continuation of our earlier policy of deterrence and containment.
Although tricky, the fusion, and subsequent containment of fusion energy will be a never ending supply.
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