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

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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

• détente

Source: Wiktionary

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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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