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1. (n.) containment
the act or condition of containing.
2. containment
an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of a hostile power, esp. a Communist power.
3. containment
an enclosure surrounding a nuclear reactor designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material.
Etymology: (1645–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) containment
a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully
"containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
2. (noun) containment
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
3. (noun) containment
the act of containing; keeping something from spreading
"the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) containment
that which is contained; the extent; the substance
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