Solitude is a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e. lack of contact with people or love. It may stem from bad relationships, deliberate choice, contagious disease, disfiguring features, repulsive personal habits, mental illness, or circumstances of employment or situation .... , a social state
Solitary confinement, colloquially referred to in American English as "the hole", lockdown, M2030D, "the SHU" or "the pound" , is a punishment or special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is denied contact with any other persons, excluding members of prison staff....
In health care, isolation refers to various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being spread from a patient to other patients, health care workers, and visitors, or from others to a particular patient.... , measures taken to prevent the spread of communicable disease in a patient. See also Quarantine
Quarantine
Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease.... .
An isolation tank is a lightless, soundproof tank in which subjects float in salty water at skin temperature. They were first used by John C. Lilly in 1954 in order to test the effects of sensory deprivation.... , sensory deprivation tank
In morphology Linguistic typology , an isolating language is any language in which words are composed of a single morpheme. This is in contrast to a synthetic language which can have words composed of multiple morphemes.... , description of a natural language type
The Von Restorff effect , also called the isolation effect, predicts that an item that "stands out like a sore thumb" is more likely to be remembered than other items.... , psychological effect of distinctive items more easily 'remembered'
People or tribes living in isolation from the outside world.
Splendid Isolation was the foreign policy pursued by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the late 19th century, under the Conservative Party premierships of Benjamin Disraeli and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.... , British foreign policy of the late 19th century
Encirclement is a military term for the situation when a force or target is isolated and surrounded by enemy forces.This situation is highly dangerous for the encircled force: at the military strategy level, because it cannot receive supplies or reinforcements, and on the military tactics level, because the units in the force can be subject... , of an opposing force in warfare
Isolationism is a foreign policy which combines a non-interventionism military policy and a political policy of economic nationalism . In other words, it asserts both of the following:... , a type of foreign policy
Foreign policy
A state's foreign policy, also called the international relations policy, is a set of goals outlining how the country will interact with other countries economically, politically, socially and militarily, and to a lesser extent, how the country will interact with non-state actors.... in politics
In poker, an isolation play is usually a Betting #raise designed to encourage one or more players to Betting #fold, specifically for the purpose of making the hand a one-on-one contest with a specific opponent.... , raise designed to encourage others to fold
Isolation is a 2005 in film Irish horror film directed and written by Billy O'Brien and produced by Film Four and Lions Gate Entertainment Studios.... , 2005 Irish horror movie written and directed by Billy O'Brian
"Isolation" is a 1970 song appearing on John Lennon's first official solo album release, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.Roger Waters, former member of Pink Floyd, cites "Isolation" as one of his favourite songs of all time.... (1970) by John Lennon
"Isolation" is a 1980 song appearing on the Manchester post-punk band Joy Division's second album, Closer . The song is based upon an industrial beat by Stephen Morris, accompanied by a high-pitched keyboard line by Bernard Sumner.... (1980) by Joy Division
Isolation is the second studio album by Australian hardcore punk band Carpathian . The album peaked at #19 on the Australian ARIA Charts. The song 'Permanent' borrows lyrics from 'Still ' by Joy Division, and the album/title track and 'Ceremony' also share their names with Joy Division songs.... (2008) by Carpathian
Carpathian (band)
Carpathian are a hardcore punk band based in Australian music. The band formed in 2003, in Melbourne, Australia, currently composing lead vocalist Martin Kirby, guitarists Josh Manitta and Lloyd Caroll, bassist Ed Redclift and drummer David Bichard....
An isolator switch is part of an electrical electrical network and is most often found in industry applications, however they are commonly fitted to domestic extractor fans when used in bathrooms in the UK.... for electrical isolation.
An optical isolator, or optical diode, is an optical component which allows the transmission of light in only one direction. They are typically used to prevent unwanted feedback into an optical oscillator, such as a laser cavity.... , permitting passage of light in only one direction
In contact juggling, poi spinning, hooping and other types of object manipulation, an isolation is an illusion whereby a prop appears to float in space, with the performer's hands and body moving around it.... , an illusion where a ball or other object is made to appear stationary in space.
The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum horizontal distance to the nearest point of higher elevation. Topographic isolation represents a radius of dominance in which the summit is the highest point.... in geodesy, surveying, and mountaineering
Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. The biologist Orator F. Cook seems to have been the first to coin the term 'speciation' for the splitting of lineages or 'cladogenesis,' as opposed to 'anagenesis' or 'phyletic evolution' occurring within lineages.... , separation of two populations of a species
In topology, a branch of mathematics, a point x of a Set S is called an isolated point,if there exists a Neighborhood of x not containing other points of S.... in topology (mathematics)
Insulation may mean:* Building insulation, added to buildings for comfort and energy efficiency* Soundproofing, also known as acoustic insulation, any means of reducing the intensity of sound...
