Isolation is the degree to which a device can separate the electrical environment of its input from its output, while allowing the desired transmission to pass across the separation.
Transformers are comprised of two or more magnetically coupled inductors and areappropriate when electrical isolation is required between input and output circuits of a switch-mode power supply.
The primary disadvantage of an autotransformer is that there is a direct physicalconnection between its primary and secondary circuits, so the electrical isolation of two sides is lost.
Isolation is the degree to which a device can separate the electrical environment of its inputfrom its output, while allowing the desired transmission to pass across the separation.
isolation transformer, isolator
Examples of 'isolation' in a sentence
isolation
Long-term relationship problems can be attributed to early isolation and loneliness.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If not, he will condemn his country to isolation and be remembered as a pariah.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He said that frail older people with physical and mental health problems were at particular risk of loneliness and isolation at this time of year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And there should be no more splendid isolation for the CPS.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The report warns that for some people retirement can bring mixed feelings and social isolation, and claims that people in work generally have better health.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He acknowledged the risk of making machines too engaging, and thereby encouraging more social isolation, not less.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Few people want to live in splendid isolation any more.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It sneaks up on people in the isolation of their own head.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This extra levy will force more people into loneliness and isolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The subject that caught his eye was the stark isolation of marginalised individuals.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is a subtle but crucial distinction between separation and isolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The real problem is what she calls " social isolation and social rejection.
Christianity Today (2000)
The country was also facing growing international isolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yesterday she was in a serious condition in an isolation unit.
The Sun (2015)
But why this desire for such splendid isolation?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As she withdraws from people her isolation grows along with her unhappiness.
Wilkinson, Helena Beyond Chaotic Eating (1993)
This can lead to isolation and loneliness.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ivory uses truckers as a metaphor for individual isolation in a world of social media.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She was then put into an isolation unit to calm down.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Old age can be a time of intense loneliness and isolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The main reason for this is that we no longer see any encounter in international sport in isolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nursing staff will be told to inform trust boards directly if the hospital needs more isolation wards or cleaning equipment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His social isolation and lack of motivation perhaps convey that he feels really unhappy and is struggling at this time in his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Paramedics sealed off the building and rushed the 30-year-old to a hospital isolation ward.
The Sun (2014)
Splendid isolation - but what if something goes wrong?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Afghanistan has to be seen in the context of the region, not as a country in isolation.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It would be easy to pick on individual measures in isolation and ask,'What is so special?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
Isolation must precede true societyRalph Waldo Emerson`Self-Reliance'
Solitude vivifies; Isolation killsJoseph RouxMeditations of a Parish Priest
No man is an Island, entire of it selfJohn DonneMeditation XVII
In other languages
isolation
British English: isolation NOUN
Isolation is the state of feeling alone and without friends or help.
Many deaf people have feelings of isolation and loneliness.
American English: isolation
Brazilian Portuguese: isolamento
Chinese: 孤独
European Spanish: aislamiento
French: isolement
German: Isolierung
Italian: isolamento
Japanese: 孤独
Korean: 고독감
European Portuguese: isolamento
Latin American Spanish: aislamiento
All related terms of 'isolation'
in isolation
If something is considered in isolation from other things that it is connected with, it is considered separately, and those other things are not considered.
isolation ward
a ward where people with a contagious disease are kept separate from people who are not infected
isolation hospital
a hospital used to isolate or quarantine people with a contagious disease
social isolation
a state or process in which persons, groups, or cultures lose or do not have communication or cooperation with one another, often resulting in open conflict
isolation transformer
An isolation transformer is a transformer with physically separate primary and secondary windings , that prevent it from transferring unwanted noise from the input circuit to the output windings.
self-isolate
to quarantine oneself if one has or suspects one has a contagious disease
Chinese translation of 'isolation'
isolation
(aɪsəˈleɪʃən)
n(u)
[of person]孤立 (gūlì)
to consider sth in isolation孤立地看待某事 (gūlì de kàndài mǒushì)
(noun)
the isolation he endured while he was in captivity
Synonyms
separation
a permanent separation from his son
withdrawal
loneliness
Deep down I have a fear of loneliness.
segregation
a law which will end compulsory racial segregation in prisons
detachment
quarantine
She was sent home and put in quarantine.
solitude
Imagine long golden beaches where you can wander in solitude.
exile
During his exile, he began writing books.
self-sufficiency
seclusion
They love the seclusion of their garden.
remoteness
disconnection
He hopes for a gradual disconnection from the federation.
insularity
retirement
retirement in the countryside
aloofness
phrase
See in isolation
Quotations
Isolation must precede true society [Ralph Waldo Emerson – `Self-Reliance']Solitude vivifies; Isolation kills [Joseph Roux – Meditations of a Parish Priest]No man is an Island, entire of it self [John Donne – Meditation XVII]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of detachment
Synonyms
separation,
severing,
disengagement,
disconnection,
disjoining
in the sense of disconnection
He hopes for a gradual disconnection from the federation.
Synonyms
separation,
cutting off,
cut-off,
severance,
disconnect
in the sense of exile
Definition
a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's country
During his exile, he began writing books.
Synonyms
banishment,
expulsion,
deportation,
eviction,
separation,
ostracism,
proscription,
expatriation
Synonyms of 'isolation'
isolation
Explore 'isolation' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of loneliness
Deep down I have a fear of loneliness.
Synonyms
solitude,
isolation,
desolation,
seclusion,
aloneness,
dreariness,
solitariness,
forlornness,
lonesomeness (US, Canadian),
desertedness
in the sense of quarantine
Definition
a period of isolation, esp. of people or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease
She was sent home and put in quarantine.
Synonyms
isolation,
segregation,
solitude
in the sense of retirement
retirement in the countryside
Synonyms
withdrawal,
retreat,
privacy,
loneliness,
obscurity,
solitude,
seclusion
in the sense of seclusion
Definition
the state of being secluded
They love the seclusion of their garden.
Synonyms
privacy,
isolation,
solitude,
hiding,
retirement,
shelter,
retreat,
remoteness,
ivory tower,
concealment,
purdah
in the sense of segregation
Definition
the act of segregating
a law which will end compulsory racial segregation in prisons
Synonyms
separation,
discrimination,
apartheid,
isolation,
partitioning,
setting apart,
keeping apart
in the sense of solitude
Definition
the state of being alone
Imagine long golden beaches where you can wander in solitude.