'Isolated' definitions:

Definition of 'isolated'

From: WordNet
adjective
Not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: isolated, stray]
adjective
Being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling" [syn: detached, isolated, separated, set- apart]
adjective
Marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly [syn: disjunct, isolated]
adjective
Cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard" [syn: isolated, marooned, stranded]
adjective
Under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients" [syn: isolated, quarantined]
adjective
Remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village" [syn: apart(p), isolated, obscure]

Definition of 'Isolated'

From: GCIDE
  • Isolate \I"so*late\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]t or [imac]s"[-o]*l[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Isolated ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Isolating ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [It. isolato, p. p. of isolare to isolate, fr. isola island, L. insula. See 2d Isle, and cf. Insulate.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others; as, to isolate an infected person from others; to isolate the troublemakers in a classroom. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Short isolated sentences were the mode in which ancient wisdom delighted to convey its precepts. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Elec.) To insulate. See Insulate. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Chem.) To separate (a substance) from all foreign substances; to make pure; to obtain in a free state; as, to isolate the desired product from a reaction mixture. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 4. (Microbiol.) To obtain a culture of a microorganism in pure form (from a complex mixture); as, to isolate Eschericia coli from a patient's blood. [PJC]

Definition of 'Isolated'

From: GCIDE
  • Isolated \I"so*la`ted\ ([imac]"s[-o]*l[=a]`t[e^]d), a. Placed or standing alone; detached; separated from others. [1913 Webster]
  • Isolated point of a curve. (Geom.) See Acnode. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'isolated'

From: Moby Thesaurus