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CONTAINMENT
containment
(noun) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; “the containment of the AIDS epidemic”; “the containment of the rebellion”
containment
(noun) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
containment
(noun) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; “containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States’ foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
containment (countable and uncountable, plural containments)
(uncountable) The state of being contained.
(uncountable, countable) The state of containing.
(uncountable, countable) Something contained.
(uncountable, countable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
(countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
(countable, mathematics) an inclusion
Antonyms
• rollback/regime change
• dĂ©tente
Source: Wiktionary
Con*tain"ment, n.
Definition: That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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