| isolate (def. 9). |
[v. ahy-suh-leyt; n., adj. ahy-suh-lit, -leyt] 
verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing, noun, adjective | 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. |
| 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. |
| 11. | isolated; alone. |
| language isolate n. A language that has no known linguistic affiliation with any other language, such as Basque or Tarascan. |
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.
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