isolated
Use Isolated in a sentence
səˌleɪ adjective
separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
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i·so·late
[v. ahy-suh-leyt; n., adj. ahy-suh-lit, -leyt] verb, i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, noun, adjective verb (used with object)
1.
to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
2.
Medicine/Medical. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine.
3.
Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state.
4.
Electricity. to insulate.
5.
Television. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup.
noun
6.
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
7.
Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group.
8.
Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers.
9.
Also called language isolate. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque.
10.
something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process: an isolate of soy flour.
adjective
11.
isolated; alone.
Related forms
i·so·la·tor, noun
re·i·so·late, verb (used with object), re·i·so·lat·ed, re·i·so·lat·ing.
un·i·so·late, verb (used with object), un·i·so·lat·ed, un·i·so·lat·ing.
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World English Dictionary
| 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 | |
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Word Origin & History
isolate
1807, a new formation from isolated (q.v.).
isolated
c.1750s, isole, also isole'd, from Fr. isolé "isolated" (17c.), from It. isolato, from L. insulatus "made into an island," from insula "island." The French word was used at first in English, then after isolate became an English word, isolated took its place as pp. from c.1760.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
isolate i·so·late (ī'sə-lāt')
v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates
To set apart or cut off from others.
To place in quarantine.
To separate a pure strain from a mixed bacterial or fungal culture.
To separate or remove a chemical substance out of a combined mixture.
To separate experiences or memories from the emotions relating to them.
A bacterial or fungal strain that has been isolated.
i'so·la'tor n.
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Example sentences
Instead of an isolated beggar, the farthest star felt him, and he felt the star.
The vast majority of patients are isolated cases with no known family history of the disease.
It suggests that the universe is an infinitely large, isolated system, in regards to conservation of energy.
Several research teams have isolated bacteria from tobacco that they could grow out in petri dishes.
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