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Isolate may refer to:

• a language isolate
• an isolated monkey in the Pit of despair experiment.
• an isolated computation in the Java Application Isolation API.
• a means of evolution, as in isolating, interbreeding, and evolving separate from the original stock.Magnani 05:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
• Isolate Records, a record label

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1. to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone. 2. Medicine/Medical. to keep (an infected person) from contact with noninfected persons; quarantine. 3. Chemistry, Bacteriology. to obtain (a substance or microorganism) in an uncombined or pure state. 4. Electricity. to insulate. 5. Television. to single out (a person, action, etc.) for a camera closeup. –noun 6. a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study. 7. Psychology. a person, often shy or lacking in social skills, who avoids the company of others and has no friends within a group. 8. Biology. an inbreeding population that is isolated from similar populations by physiological, behavioral, or geographic barriers. 9. Linguistics. a language with no demonstrable genetic relationship, as Basque. 10. something that has been isolated, as a by-product in a manufacturing process: an isolate of soy flour. tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates

To set apart or cut off from others. To place in quarantine. Chemistry To separate (a substance) in pure form from a combined mixture. To render free of external influence; insulate. Microbiology To separate (a pure strain) from a mixed bacterial or fungal culture. Psychology To separate (experiences or memories) from the emotions relating to them. Electricity To set apart (a component, circuit, or system) from a source of electricity. To insulate or shield.

adj. (-lĭt, -lāt') Solitary; alone.

n. (-lĭt, -lāt')

A person, thing, or group that has been isolated, as by geographic, ecologic, or social barriers. Biology A population of bacteria or other cells that has been isolated. Linguistics A language isolate. by: Ṃїķè insignia: §