Definition of Isolated

(imp. & p. p.)
of Isolate
  

(a.)
Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
  

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isolated
\i"so*la`ted\ (?), a. placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
isolated
point of a curve. (geom.) see acnode.
isolated
adj
1. not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh" [syn: scattered, stray]


2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- sherwood anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling" [syn: detached, separated, set-apart]


3. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the sahara"- scientific monthly [syn: disjunct]


4. cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard" [syn: marooned, stranded]


5. under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients" [syn: quarantined]


6. remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- w.h.hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village" [syn: apart(p) , obscure]

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Mon = n. what is isolated; a point

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Adjective
1. not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
(synonym) scattered, stray
(similar) sporadic
2. being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling"
(synonym) detached, separated, set-apart
(similar) separate
3. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
(synonym) disjunct
(similar) separate
4. cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard"
(synonym) marooned, stranded
(similar) unaccompanied
5. under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients"
(synonym) quarantined
(similar) segregated, unintegrated
6. remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"
(synonym) apart(p), obscure
(similar) unconnected

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Verb
1. place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
(synonym) insulate
(hypernym) discriminate, separate, single out
(hyponym) segregate
(derivation) isolation
2. obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) preisolate
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
3. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
(synonym) sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part
4. separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them
(hypernym) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
(derivation) isolation
(classification) psychology, psychological science

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