Isolation

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Isolation can refer to:

• Isolated point in topology (mathematics)
• Isolation (psychology), psychological phenomenon.
• Speciation, separation of two populations of a species
• The splitting of different peoples into different areas.
• Isolationism, political phenomenon where a country removes itself from international affairs
• Isolation (computer science), property of database systems
• Isolation (poker), raise designed to encourage others to fold
• Isolation (song) (1980), song by Joy Division
• Isolation (Toto album) (1984), album by Toto
• Isolation (Die Krupps album) (1996), album by Die Krupps
• Isolator switch for electrical isolation.
• Encirclement, of an opposing force in warfare

See also

• Faraday isolator, permitting passage of polarized light in only one direction
• Isolation effect, psychological effect of distinctive items more easily remembered
• Isolation tank, sensory deprivation tank
• Splendid isolation, British foreign policy of the late 19th century
• Solitude

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