Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation. / Happening or occurring only once. / (chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.

present participle of isolate

(linguistics, of languages) having low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morpheme

That which is isolated from something else.

Relating to, characterized by, or causing isolation.

Able to be isolated.

Such that it can be isolated.

plural of isolant

(chemistry, physics) a technique for maintaining reactive molecules in an inert material at low temperature for spectroscopic study

(sound, headphones) the property of blocking off outside sound through use of materials that reduce sound transmission from the exterior environment into the interior environment