isolate

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[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian insolato, from Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).

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to isolate (third-person singular simple present isolates, present participle isolating, simple past and past participle isolated)

1. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
2. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
3. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
4. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
5. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
6. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.

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isolate (plural isolates)

1. Something that has been isolated.

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[edit] Related terms

• insular
• insulate
• insulator
• insulation
• isolatable a
• isolated a
• isolating a
• isolation n
• isolationism n
• isolative a
• isolator

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• Anagrams of aeilost
• et alios

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isolate (plural)

1. Feminine form of isolato.

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isolate

1. Second-person plural present tense of isolare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of isolare.
3. Feminine plural past participle of isolare.

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• Anagrams of aeilost
• oliaste
• solatie