feeling of isolation
1isolation — noun 1) their feeling of isolation Syn: solitariness, loneliness, friendlessness 2) the isolation of some mental hospitals Syn: remoteness, inaccessibility • Ant: contact …
2Isolation tank — An isolation tank is a lightless, soundproof tank in which subjects float in salty water at skin temperature. They were first used by John C. Lilly in 1954 in order to test the effects of sensory deprivation. Such tanks are now also used for… …
3isolation — [[t]a͟ɪsəle͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Isolation is the state of feeling alone and without friends or help. → See also isolate Many deaf people have feelings of isolation and loneliness... He also talked briefly about the isolation he endured while …
4isolation — noun (U) 1 the state of being completely separate from any other place, group etc: Because of its geographical isolation, the area developed its own unique culture. 2 a feeling of being lonely and unable to meet or speak to other people:… …
5isolation — 1. In microbiology, separation of an organism from others, usually by making serial cultures. 2. Separation for the period of communicability of infected persons or animals from others, so as to prevent or limit the direct or indirect… …
6Splendid isolation — was the foreign policy pursued by Britain during the late 19th century, under the Conservative premierships of Benjamin Disraeli and The Marquess of Salisbury. The term was actually coined by a Canadian M.P. to praise Britain s lack of… …
7Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow — Smilla s Sense of Snow   Cover of US edition …
8HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
9ART — This article is arranged according to the following outline: Antiquity to 1800 INTRODUCTION: JEWISH ATTITUDE TO ART biblical period the sanctuary and first temple period second temple period after the fall of jerusalem relation to early christian …
10nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
