containment

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The state of being contained.

   • A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.
2. 2

   The state of containing.

3. 3

   Something contained.

   • The containment of a rich man's estate.
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   1. 4

      A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with…

      A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.

      • Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back.
   2. 5

      A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other…

      A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.

   3. 6

      An inclusion.

The neighborhood