| isolate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to place apart; cause to be alone |
| 2. | med to quarantine (a person or animal) having or suspected of having a contagious disease |
| 3. | to obtain (a compound) in an uncombined form |
| 4. | to obtain pure cultures of (bacteria, esp those causing a particular disease) |
| 5. | electronics to prevent interaction between (circuits, components, etc); insulate |
| —n | |
| 6. | an isolated person or group |
| [C19: back formation from isolated, via Italian from Latin insulātus, literally: made into an island; see | |
| 'isolable | |
| —adj | |
| isola'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'isolator | |
| —n | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
isolable i·so·la·ble (ī'sə-lə-bəl)
adj.
Possible to isolate.