(epidemiology) The isolation for a set time period of incoming travellers in a dedicated facility to prevent the spread of any infectious diseases they may be carrying, typically managed by a government.

(physics) A system that does not interact with its surroundings. Depending on context this may mean that its total energy and/or momentum stay constant. In thermodynamics, isolated is usually used to indicate that the system's energy does not change. In mechanics it is used to indicate that the system's momentum does not change.

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

plural of language isolate

plural of isolated pawn

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

plural of isolated system

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of self-isolate

present participle of self-isolate

simple past tense and past participle of self-isolate