isolation, closing off
(noun) the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
isolation
(noun) a country’s withdrawal from international politics; “he opposed a policy of American isolation”
isolation
(noun) a feeling of being disliked and alone
isolation
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
isolation
(noun) a state of separation between persons or groups
Source: WordNet® 3.1
isolation (countable and uncountable, plural isolations)
(chiefly, uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.
The state of being away from other people.
The act of isolating.
(diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with most or all other countries, or with specified other countries).
(chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture
(medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others
(databases) a database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible to other concurrent transactions.
Source: Wiktionary
I`so*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. isolation.]
Definition: The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
