isolating
(adjective) relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
isolating
present participle of isolate
isolating (comparative more isolating, superlative most isolating)
(linguistics, of languages) having low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morpheme
• intaglios, ligations, logitians, taglionis
Source: Wiktionary
I"so*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating.] Etym: [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.]
1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others. Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. Bp. Warburton.
2. (Elec.)
Definition: To insulate. See Insulate.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
