Dictionary Definition
isolate
Verb
1 place or set apart; "They isolated the
political prisoners from the other inmates" [syn: insulate]
2 obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to
isolate the compound"
3 set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters
the tooth he is working on" [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart,
set
apart]
4 separate (experiences) fromt he emotions
relating to them
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
, from isolé, from insolato, from insulatus (cognate with insulate).Verb
- To set apart or cut off from others.
- To place in quarantine or isolation.
- In the context of "transitive|chemistry": To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- In the context of "transitive|microbiology": To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
Translations
transitive: to set apart or cut off from others
- Italian: isolare
- Portuguese: isolar
transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation
- Italian: isolare
transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance
in pure form from a mixture
- Italian: isolare
transitive: to insulate, or make free of
external influence
- Italian: isolare
transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure
strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture
- Italian: isolare
transitive: to insulate an electrical component
from a source of electricity
- Italian: isolare
Noun
- Something that has been isolated.
Translations
something that has been isolate
- Portuguese: isolamento
- Spanish: aislante
Related terms
Italian
Adjective
Verb
Extensive Definition
Isolate may refer to:
- Isolate (album), the second full-length studio album by Circus Maximus
- Isolate (computation), an isolated computation in the Java Application Isolation API
- Isolate (monkey), an isolated monkey in the pit of despair
- Isolate Records, an electronic music label
- Language isolate, a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical relationship with other living languages
- Primary isolate, a pure microbial or viral sample that has been obtained from an infected individual
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abrupt,
abscind, abstract, alienate, amputate, annihilate, apart, avoid, ban, banish, bar, block off, bob, bolt, cast off, cast out, clip, cloister, close off, cordon, cordon off, crop, cull, cull out, cut, cut adrift, cut away, cut off,
cut out, debar, delete, depart, deport, detach, detached, disarticulate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, dock, eject, eliminate, enisle, enucleate, eradicate, estrange, except, excise, exclude, exile, expel, extinguish, extirpate, ghettoize, gin, ground, ignore, insulate, island, island-hop, isolated, keep apart, keep
aside, knock off, lay aside, leave, lop, maroon, mutilate, nip, ostracize, pare, part, peel, pick out, prune, pull away, pull back, pull
out, put aside, quarantine, reject, remove, removed, riddle, root out, rope off, rule
out, screen, seal off,
seclude, segregate, send to Coventry,
separate, sequester, set apart, set
aside, sever, shave, shear, shun, shut off, shut out, sieve, sift, snub, sort out, split, spurn, stamp out, stand aloof,
stand apart, stand aside, step aside, strike off, strip, strip off, subtract, sunder, take off, take out,
thrash, thresh, throw off, throw out,
transport, truncate, unaccompanied, uncouple, unyoke, winnow, wipe out, withdraw