ISOLATE


Meaning of ISOLATE in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.