isolate
English
Etymology
Back-formation from isolated, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French isolé, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian insolato, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Verb
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- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
- 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.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
Translations
transitive: to set apart or cut off from others
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transitive: to place in quarantine or isolation
transitive, chemistry: to separate a substance in pure form from a mixture
transitive: to insulate, or make free of external influence
transitive, microbiology: to separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture
transitive: to insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity
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Noun
isolate (plural isolates)
- Something that has been isolated.
Translations
something that has been isolated
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Related terms
- insulant
- insular
- insularity
- insulate
- insulation
- insulator
- isolatable (adjective)
- isolated (adjective)
- isolating (adjective)
- isolation (noun)
- isolationism (noun)
- isolative (adjective)
- isolator (noun)
Anagrams
Interlingua
Participle
isolate
- past participle of isolar
Italian
Adjective
isolate
Verb
isolate
Participle
isolate
- feminine plural of the past participle of isolare
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