isolated

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Placed or standing apart or alone

   Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

   • an isolated tree in the mountains
   • Antarctica, like outer-space, is known as an ICE environment – isolated, confined and extreme – meaning unlike other isolated communities, the rate of change for its vocabulary can be slower.
2. 2

   Happening or occurring only once.

   • isolated case
   • an isolated occurrence
   • And while one isolated act of kindness may seem random, it can lead to much more.
3. 3

   Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.

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   1. 4

      Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.

   2. 5

      Which has been extracted from the organism.

   3. 6

      Of a condition or abnormality

      Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.

   4. 7

      Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).

   5. 8

      Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.

      • I feel so isolated among my workmates
   6. 9

      simple past and past participle of isolate

The neighborhood