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I"so*late (&ī;"s&ouptack_;*l&ā;t or &ī;s"&ouptack_;*l&ā;t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated (&ī;"s&ouptack_;*l&ā;`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating (&ī;"s&ouptack_;*l&ā;`tĭng).] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.]
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1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the troublemakers in a classroom.
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Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. Bp. Warburton.
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2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate.
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3. (Chem.) To separate from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as, to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture.
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4. (Microbiol.) To obtain a culture of a microorganism in pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate Eschericia coli from a patient's blood.
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I"so*late (&ī;"s&ouptack_;*l&auptack_;t or &ī;s"&ouptack_;*l&ā;t`), n. Something that has been isolated; as, an isolate of a powerful antibiotic from a tropical plant; an isolate of tuberculosis bacillus from an infected patient.
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