Look up: isolation

1. isolation
   1. The process of getting an organism in pure culture. 2. The pure culture itself.
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2. Isolation
   The procedure by which a pathogen is separated from its host and its culture on a nutrient medium. Also, confinement of a hospital patient to reduce the spread of infectious disease either from, or to other patients.
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3. Isolation
   Two circuits are isolated when there is no direct electrical connection between them.
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4. isolation
   [n] - a state of separation between persons or groups 2. [n] - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it 3. [n] - a feeling of being disliked and alone 4. [n] - a country`s withdra...
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5. Isolation
   A containing of the sound wave in a certain area so that it will not leak into other areas and/or unintended mics.
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6. Isolation
   A control measure useful for dealing with a toxic hazard in a work area where most of the other work is risk (chemical) free. The particular process which is dangerous can be segregated and special precautions can be taken in this area.
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7. Isolation
   Kept apart from other people. People having high dose chemotherapy, bone marrow or stem cell transplant are often looked after in single rooms while their white blood cell counts are low. This is to protect them from infection. People having some types of internal radiotherapy may need to be looked ...
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8. Isolation
   Electrical separation between two circuits, or circuit elements
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9. Isolation
   The reduction of the capacity of a system to respond to an external force by use of resilient isolating materials.
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10. isolation
    the containment of users and resources in an ADP system in such a way that users and processes are separate from another as well from the protection controls of the operating system Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • the act of giving a tree or group of tr...
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11. Isolation
    I`so·la'tion (-lā'shŭn) noun [ Confer French isolation .] The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness. Milman.
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12. isolation
    <procedure> Any procedure in which a given species of organism, present in a particular sample or environment, is obtained in pure culture. ... (15 Oct 1997) ...
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13. isolation
    closing off noun the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
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14. isolation
    noun a feeling of being disliked and alone
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15. isolation
    (i″so-la´shәn) the process of separating, or the state of being alone. the extraction and purification of a chemical substance of unknown structure from a natural source. the separation of infected individuals from those uninfected for the period of communicability of a particular disea...
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16. Isolation
    • (n.) The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.
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17. isolation
    (from the article `theatrical production`) Almost all productions (the so-called happenings of the 1960s are notable exceptions) endeavour to achieve two basic aims. First, every production ...
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18. isolation
    in medicine, separation of an infected individual (human or animal) from the healthy until that individual is no longer able to transmit the ...
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19. isolation
    isolation The process of separating someone or something from others, or the fact of being alone and separated from others.
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20. Isolation
    To be electrically separate. A measure of the strength of the dielectric providing the electrical division or separation.
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21. isolation
    
    • a state of separation between persons or groups
    • a feeling of being disliked and alone
    • a country's withdrawal from internal politics
    
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22. isolation
    function intended to make dead for reasons of safety all or a discrete section of the electrical installation by separating the electrical installation or section from every source of electric energy
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23. isolation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ī′sō-lā′shŭn Definitions: 1. In microbiology, separation of an organism from others, usually by making serial cultures. 2. Separation for the period of communicability of infected people or animals from others, so as to prevent or limit the d...
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24. isolation
    State of being separated from others. Isolation is sometimes used to prevent disease from spreading.
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25. Isolation
    (poker) In poker, an `isolation` play is usually a raise designed to encourage one or more players to fold, specifically for the purpose of making the hand a one-on-one contest with a specific opponent. For example, if an opponent raises and a player suspects he is holding a weak, but playabl...
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