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Definition of Containment
1. Noun. 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. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
3. Noun. The act of containing; keeping something from spreading. "The containment of the rebellion"
Definition of Containment
1. n. That which is contained; the extent; the substance.
Definition of Containment
1. Noun. the act of containing or something contained ¹
2. Noun. a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War ¹
3. Noun. a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant. ¹
4. Noun. (mathematics) an inclusion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Containment
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Containment
1. The concept of regional or global eradication of communicable disease, proposed by Fred Lowe Soper (1893-1977) in 1949 for the eradication of smallpox. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Containment
Literary usage of Containment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"containment containment levels for organisms such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses
are grouped into classes according to their perceived or potential hazard ..."
2. Inconsistent Picture: A Compilation Of Analyses Of Economic Impacts Of (1994)
"Some cells are empty because proposals combining these approaches to universal
coverage and cost containment have not been made and analyzed although they ..."
3. Debris Impact on Emergency Coolant Recirculation: Workshop Proceedings by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"Introduction Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC, USA In the event of a loss of coolant
accident (LOCA) within containment of a pressurised water reactor (PWR) ..."
4. Handbook on Pcbs in Electrical Equipment by M. M. Dillon (1988)
"containment should be provided wherever RGBs are present, ... The simplest form
of containment system is a metal drip tray placed under the transformer or ..."
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