(chess) A pawn that has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file.

plural of isolated system

simple past tense and past participle of self-isolate

(prepositive) Characterised by personal separation of individuals due to the practice of social distancing and self-isolation.

(chemistry, physics) a technique for maintaining reactive molecules in an inert material at low temperature for spectroscopic study

(linguistics) A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.

plural of language isolate

A collection of a building’s structural elements resting on its foundation to provide partial separation of the building from shaking ground thus upgrading the building's seismic fitness. For video demonstration, click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/vshustov#p/f/11/ZqlXp3czrrM

(Canada) Additional money paid to workers based in remote communities to compensate for higher living and travel costs.

(sound, headphones) the property of blocking off outside sound through use of materials that reduce sound transmission from the exterior environment into the interior environment