Isolation

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Isolation is the process or fact of isolating or being isolated and may refer to:

Human isolation (disambiguation)
Solitude, a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people
Solitary confinement, a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from most or all human contact
Isolationism in politics, the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations

Sciences, including formal sciences and applied sciences

Isolation (health care), various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being spread
Isolation (microbiology) techniques to separate microbes from a sample containing mixtures of microbes
Isolation (psychology), a defence mechanism in psychoanalytic theory first proposed by Sigmund Freud
Isolation level in database systems, how and when the changes made by one operation become visible to other concurrent operations
Isolation tank, a lightless, soundproof tank inside which subjects float in salt water at skin temperature
Galvanic isolation, a principle of isolating functional sections of electrical systems to prevent current
Reproductive isolation in population genetics, prevents members of two different species from producing offspring if they cross or mate
Topographic isolation of a summit, the great circle distance to the nearest point of equal elevation
Vibration isolation, in engineering, the process of isolating an object from the source of vibrations
Isolated system in thermodynamics, a physical system without any external exchange
Isolating language, a type of language with a low morpheme-per-word ratio
Uncontacted tribes, people in isolation from the outside world
Application isolation in computing environments, for example in the Application Isolation API in the Java Virtual Machine or in Security and safety features new to Windows Vista#Application isolation in Windows Vista
Isolation effect or Von Restorff effect, a psychological effect of distinctive items more easily "remembered"
In electronics, a measure of how well two ports are disconnected in devices such as directional couplers and circulators

Entertainment

In film

Isolation (2005 film), an Irish horror film
Isolation (2009 film), a British documentary film

In television

"Isolation" (The Walking Dead), an episode of the television series The Walking Dead

In music

Isolation (Carpathian album), 2008
Isolation (Fear My Thoughts album), 2008
Isolation (Toto album), 1984
"Isolation" (Alter Bridge song), 2010
"Isolation" (Joy Division song), 1980
"Isolation" (Kreator song), 1995
"Isolation" (John Lennon song), 1970
"Isolation", a song by Die Krupps from 1995 album III - Odyssey of the Mind

Other uses

Isolation (illusion), an illusion whereby a prop appears to float in space
Isolation (poker), a play specifically for the purpose of making the hand a one-on-one contest with a specific opponent
Isolation ward (medicine), a separate ward used to isolate patients suffering from infectious diseases