ISOLATE


Meaning of ISOLATE in English

■ verb

1》 place apart or alone; cut off.

↘place in quarantine.

2》 Chemistry & Biology obtain or extract (a compound, microorganism, etc.) in a pure form.

3》 cut off the electrical or other connection to (a part of a network).

■ noun a person or thing that has become ~d.

Derivatives

isolable adjective

isolatable adjective

isolator noun

Origin

C19: back-form. from ~d .

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