isolated
English
editEtymology
editA rendering into English of French isolé.[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editisolated (comparative more isolated, superlative most isolated)
- Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
- Happening or occurring only once.
- (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
- (meteorology, of precipitation) Affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of a forecast zone.
- (medicine) Which has been extracted from the organism.
- (algebra, of an associated prime of a module) Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
- Antonym: embedded
Derived terms
editTranslations
editin isolation
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Verb
editisolated
- simple past and past participle of isolate
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “isolated”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.