isolated
adj/ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/
Etymology A rendering into English of French isolé.
8 senses
- 1Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
- 2Happening or occurring only once.
- 3Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
- 4Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
- 5Which has been extracted from the organism.
- 6Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence…
- 7Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
- 8Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences…
1
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.2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2024:
2
Happening or occurring only once.
- isolated case
- an isolated occurrence
1 more example
- And while one isolated act of kindness may seem random, it can lead to much more.2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025:
3
Board games, Chess, Games Of a pawn Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
4
Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences Of precipitation Affecting ten to twenty percent of a forecast zone.
5
Medicine, Sciences Which has been extracted from the organism.
6
Medicine, Sciences Of a condition or abnormality: occurring in the absence of associated conditions or abnormalities.
7
Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Minimal with respect to inclusion (among associated primes).
Of an associated prime of a module
8
Of a person Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
- I feel so isolated among my workmates
- Derived terms
- isolate, isolated horizon, isolatedly, isolatedness, isolated pawn, isolated system, nonisolated, optoisolated, socially-isolated, unisolated