Isolation or isolated may also refer to:

Sociology and psychology

  • Social isolation, a lack of social contact by an individual
  • Isolation (psychology), a defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory
  • Emotional isolation, a feeling of isolation despite a functioning social network
  • Isolation effect, a psychological effect of distinctive items more easily remembered

Mathematics

  • Real-root isolation
  • Isolation lemma, a technique used to reduce the number of solutions to a computational problem.
  • Isolated point, a topological notion of having no points near a given point
  • Solving an equation, isolating a variable in the left-hand side of an equation

Natural sciences

  • Electrical or galvanic isolation, isolating functional sections of electrical systems to prevent current flowing between them
  • An isolated system, a system without any external exchange
  • Isolating language, a type of language with a low morpheme-per-word ratio
  • Isolation (microbiology), techniques to separate microbes from a sample containing mixtures of microbes
  • 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

Engineering and computer sciences

  • In electronics, a measure of how well two ports are disconnected in devices such as directional couplers and circulators
  • Isolation (database systems), how and when the changes made by one operation become visible to other concurrent operations
  • In computer security, another name for software sandboxing
  • Vibration isolation, in engineering, the process of isolating an object from the source of vibrations

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • Isolation (2005 film), an Irish horror film
  • Isolation (2009 film), a British documentary
  • Isolation, a 2015 drama film featuring Dominic Purcell, Stephen Lang, and Tricia Helfer
  • "Isolation" (The Walking Dead), an episode of the television series The Walking Dead

Music

  • Isolation (Kali Uchis album), 2018
  • "Isolation", a song by Cherry Glazer from 2019 album Stuffed & Ready
  • "Isolation", a song by Die Krupps from 1995 album III - Odyssey of the Mind
  • "Isolation" (Alter Bridge song), 2010
  • Isolation (Carpathian album), 2008
  • Isolation (Fear My Thoughts album), 2008
  • "Isolation" (John Lennon song), 1970
  • "Isolation" (Joy Division song), 1980
  • "Isolation" (Kreator song), 1995
  • Isolation (Toto album), 1984

Other arts and entertainment

  • Isolation (board game), a 1972 board game
  • Isolation (illusion), an illusion whereby a prop appears to float in space
  • Isolation (novel), a 2012 novella by Dan Wells
  • Isolation (poker), a play specifically for the purpose of making the hand a one-on-one contest with a specific opponent

Other uses

  • Isolation (health care), various measures taken to prevent contagious diseases from being spread
  • Mount Isolation, New Hampshire, United States

See also

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  • Isolator (disambiguation)
  • Isolationism
  • Uncontacted peoples, indigenous peoples living in isolation from the external world
  • Solitary confinement, a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from most or all human contact
  • Solitude, a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people