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containment
(mass) | containment
- obmedzenie |
containment
(encz) | containment,kontrola n: Zdeněk Brož |
containment
(encz) | containment,omezení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Containment
(gcide) | Containment \Con*tain"ment\, n.
1. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The containment of a rich man's estate. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
2. the act of containing.
[PJC]
3. (Diplomacy) the act or policy of restricting the influence
or territorial growth of a hostile nation.
Note: The policy of containment is employed when the defeat
of a hostile nation or overthrow of its government is
considered impractical or too costly.
[PJC]
4. the act of restricting some deleterious substance within a
confined space, especially when such material is released
unintentionally or by accident; as, containment of nuclear
waste; containment of an oil spill. Also used
attributively, as a containment boom.
[PJC]
5. a structure surrounding a nuclear power plant designed to
prevent release of radioactive materials into the
environment in the event of an accident.
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containment
(wn) | containment
n 1: a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check
the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it
to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist
expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign
policy from 1947 to the 1975"
2: (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release
of radioactive material from a reactor
3: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the
containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the
rebellion" |
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containment
(mass) | containment
- obmedzenie |
containment
(encz) | containment,kontrola n: Zdeněk Brožcontainment,omezení n: Zdeněk Brož |
ring containment
(encz) | ring containment, n: |
containment
(wn) | containment
n 1: a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check
the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it
to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist
expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign
policy from 1947 to the 1975"
2: (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release
of radioactive material from a reactor
3: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the
containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the
rebellion" |
ring containment
(wn) | ring containment
n 1: a strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination
only of people exposed and others who are in contact with
them; "ring containment is a proven method of halting a
smallpox epidemic" |
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