Isolation
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Isolation can refer to:
- Isolated point in topology (mathematics)
- Isolation (psychology), psychological phenomenon.
- Speciation, separation of two populations of a species
- The splitting of different peoples into different areas.
- Isolationism, political phenomenon where a country removes itself from international affairs
- Isolation (computer science), property of database systems
- Isolation (poker), raise designed to encourage others to fold
- Isolation (song) (1980), song by Joy Division
- Isolation (Toto album) (1984), album by Toto
- Isolation (Die Krupps album) (1996), album by Die Krupps
- Isolator switch for electrical isolation.
- Encirclement, of an opposing force in warfare
See also
- Faraday isolator, permitting passage of polarized light in only one direction
- Isolation effect, psychological effect of distinctive items more easily remembered
- Isolation tank, sensory deprivation tank
- Splendid isolation, British foreign policy of the late 19th century
- Solitude
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