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Isolated
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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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.
Origin:
1800–10; back formation from isolated
1800–10; back formation from isolated
Related forms
i·so·la·tor, noun
re·i·so·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
un·i·so·late, verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
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Word Origin & History
isolate
1807, a new formation from isolated (q.v.).
EXPANDisolated
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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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