Nearby Words
Related Questions
Make Any Paint Insulate www.hytechsales.com True NASA Spinoff Technology Makes Any Paint Insulating Paint
Radiant Barrier Fabric www.sigmalabs.com Ideal for Attic and Crawlspace Truckload Quantities | Made in USA
Reflective Insulation www.insulation4less.com Ship same day. Guaranty best price. For buildings, homes and pole barns
Ads
noun
1.
an act or instance of isolating.
2.
the state of being isolated.
3.
the complete separation from others of a person suffering from contagious or infectious disease; quarantine.
4.
the separation of a nation from other nations by isolationism.
5.
EXPANDPsychoanalysis. a process whereby an idea or memory is divested of its emotional component.
6.
COLLAPSESociology. social isolation.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To isolation
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Isolation
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| isolation (ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of isolating or the condition of being isolated |
| 2. | (of a country, party, etc) nonparticipation in or withdrawal from international politics |
| 3. | med |
| a. Compare quarantine social separation of a person who has or is suspected of having a contagious disease | |
| b. (as modifier): an isolation hospital | |
| 4. | sociol a lack of contact between persons, groups, or whole societies |
| 5. | social psychol the failure of an individual to maintain contact with others or genuine communication where interaction with others persists |
| 6. | in isolation without regard to context, similar matters, etc |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
isolation i·so·la·tion (ī'sə-lā'shən)
n.
The act of isolating or the state of being isolated.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
isolation
in medicine, separation of an infected individual (human or animal) from the healthy until that individual is no longer able to transmit the disease. In its strictest sense, the practice of isolation differs from that of quarantine, which is the detention of an individual who may have been exposed to a communicable disease until it is deemed certain that he has escaped infection. See quarantine
Learn more about isolation with a free trial on Britannica.com.
Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.