v.tr.
1. a place apart or alone, cut off from society. b place (a patient thought to be contagious or infectious) in quarantine.
2 a identify and separate for attention (isolated the problem). b Chem. separate (a substance) from a mixture.
3 insulate (electrical apparatus).
Derivatives:
isolable adj. isolatable adj. isolator n.
Etymology: orig. in past part., f. F isol{eacute} f. It. isolato f. LL insulatus f. L insula island