adj. Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
adj. Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
adj. affecting 10 percent to 20 percent of a forecast zone.
v. Simple past tense and past participle of isolate.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Standing detached from others of a like kind; placed by itself or alone.
In chem., pure; freed from combination.
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adj. marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
adj. cut off or left behind
adj. not close together in time
adj. remote and separate physically or socially
adj. being or feeling set or kept apart from others
adj. under forced isolation especially for health reasons
Word Usage
"Marker had published various studies on diosgenin, a saponin isolated from a Mexican yam species of the genus Dioscorea, and had discovered how to synthesize the human hormone testosterone and progesterone from diosgenin."