# isolated

Pronunciation: say "EYE-suh-lay-tid" /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Standing apart or alone, separated from others or kept away from outside contact.
   - Simple: Kept apart from other people or places, with little contact around.
   - _The village remained isolated for months when the only bridge collapsed._
   - _After the merger, the small department felt increasingly isolated from the rest of the company._
2. Occurring only once, separate from any wider pattern or series of events.
   - Simple: Happening only one time, not as part of a pattern.
   - _Investigators concluded the failure was an isolated incident, not a sign of deeper problems._
   - _Such glitches remained isolated and never affected the broader network._
4. Describing a medical condition or abnormality that occurs alone, unaccompanied by any associated condition or syndrome.
   - Simple: Happening on its own, without other health problems alongside it.
   - _The scan revealed an isolated lesion with no signs of spread elsewhere._
   - _Clinicians classified the malformation as isolated, since no syndrome accompanied it._
5. Separated out from the organism, so that it exists apart from the living body it came from.
   - Simple: Removed from a living thing so it can be studied on its own.
   - _The isolated enzyme retained its activity for several hours outside the cell._
   - _Researchers compared the isolated tissue with samples still in the body._
6. In forecasting, affecting only ten to twenty percent of a given forecast zone.
   - Simple: In weather forecasts, found in only a few places across an area.
   - _Forecasters predicted isolated thunderstorms, with most of the county remaining clear._
   - _Coastal areas can expect isolated showers through the afternoon._
7. In chess, describing a pawn that has no pawn of the same color on either adjacent file.
   - Simple: In chess, a pawn with no friendly pawns next to it on either side.
   - _Black's isolated pawn on the d-file required constant defense._
   - _Trading pieces left White with a weak, isolated pawn in the center._
8. In commutative algebra, describing an associated prime that is minimal under inclusion among the associated primes of a module.
   - Simple: In math, an associated prime that is one of the smallest, with no smaller one inside it.
   - _The isolated primes correspond to the minimal elements of the set of associated primes._
   - _Localizing at an isolated prime determines its primary component uniquely._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of isolate. — simple past and past participle of isolate
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of isolate. Use this form for the action of separating something, done in the past.
   - _Heavy snowfall isolated the town for nearly a week._
   - _The new policy isolated several departments from one another._

## Origin

An English rendering of French isolé.

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