isolate.
To set apart or cut off from others.
Meaning & usage
To set apart or cut off from others.
To place in quarantine or isolation.
To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
To insulate, or make free of external influence.
To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
To self-isolate.
Where this word 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).
Something that has been isolated.
Where this word 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).
isolated.
Where this word 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).
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