Found 4 items, similar to Isolate. English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: isolate memperasingkan, memulaukan, mencuraikan, mengasingkan English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: isolate memisahkan English → English (WordNet) Definition: isolate isolate v 1: place or set apart; “They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates” [syn: insulate] 2: obtain in pure form; “The chemist managed to isolate the compound” 3: set apart from others; “The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on” [syn: sequester, sequestrate, keep apart , set apart] 4: separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them English → English (gcide) Definition: Isolate Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[asl]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t`), n. Something that has been isolated; as, an isolate of a powerful antibiotic from a tropical plant; an isolate of tuberculosis bacillus from an infected patient. [PJC] Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.] [1913 Webster] 1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the troublemakers in a classroom. [1913 Webster +PJC] Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate. [1913 Webster] 3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as, to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. (Microbiol.) To obtain a culture of a microorganism in pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate Eschericia coli from a patient's blood. [PJC]