isolate
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isolate
- /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/
- /ˈaɪ.sə.lət/
Where it comes from
Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin īnsulātus (whence also insulate), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
verb isolates · isolating · isolated
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To set apart or cut off from others.
By isolating these two main types of relation, hyponymy and incompatibility, we can characterize the relations between a large web of items.
Similar: island, enisle, quarantine
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To place in quarantine or isolation.
Similar: quarantine
- To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture. To isolate the petroline the condensed oil is distilled again until fifty per cent. of oil has been obtained, and what is left in the still is petroline.
- To insulate, or make free of external influence. One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
- To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
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To self-isolate.
Similar: self-quarantine
noun isolates
- Something that has been isolated. We used electropherotypes in order to differentiate the original parental strains or isolates from the finally tumor cell-adapted isolates.
adjective
- isolated. He said in his heart, the day his beard was shaven he was beaten, lost. He identified it with his isolate manhood.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sequester, sequestrate, set apart, insulate, keep apart, isolation, separate, dissociate, alienate, segregate, disconnect, shut, dismiss, oust, decouple, ouster
Translations
Every language
verb transitive: to set apart or cut off from others
| Español | aislar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 切り離す kirihanasu, 隔絶する kakuzetsu suru, 孤立させる koritsu saseru |
| 中文 | 孤立 gūlì |
| Português | isolar |
| Français | isoler, esseuler |
| Deutsch | isolieren, absondern, abdichten |
| Italiano | isolare |
| Română | izola |
| Русский | изоли́ровать izolírovatʹ, обособля́ть obosobljátʹ, обосо́бить obosóbitʹ |
| العربية | عَزَلَ ʕazala |
verb transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation
| 日本語 | 隔離する kakuri suru |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 隔離 /隔离 gélí |
| Italiano | isolare |
| Română | izola |
verb transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture
| 中文 | 離析 /离析 líxī, 分離 /分离 fēnlí |
|---|---|
| Italiano | isolare |
| Română | izola |
verb transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence
| 日本語 | 遮断する shadan suru |
|---|---|
| Italiano | isolare |
| Română | izola |
verb transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture
| Italiano | isolare |
|---|---|
| Română | izola |
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