isolated

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English

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Etymology

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A rendering into English of French isolé.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: iso‧lat‧ed

Adjective

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isolated (comparative more isolated, superlative most isolated)

  1. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
  2. Happening or occurring only once.
  3. (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
  4. (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of a forecast zone.
  5. (medicine) Which has been extracted from the organism.
  6. (algebra, of an associated prime of a module) Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
    Antonym: embedded

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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isolated

  1. simple past and past participle of isolate

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “isolated”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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