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
15 May 2025
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
