Isolate

Isolate may refer to:

  • Isolate (computation), a computation in the Java Application Isolation API
  • Isolate (monkey), an isolated monkey in the pit of despair
  • Genetic isolate, a population of organisms that has little genetic mixing with other organisms of the same species
  • Language isolate, a language not related to any other
  • Primary isolate, a pure microbial or viral sample that has been obtained from an infected individual
  • Protein isolate, the result of protein purification to isolate a single type of protein from a complex mixture
Media and entertainment
  • Isolate (Circus Maximus album), 2007
  • Isolate (Gary Numan album), 1992
  • Isolate (puzzle), a logic puzzle
  • Isolate Records, an electronic music label

Famous quotes containing the word isolate:

    The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.
    Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)

    The only refuge left to us was the poet’s ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.
    Gérard De Nerval (1808–1855)

    The pure products of America go crazy—mountain folk from Kentucky or the ribbed north end of Jersey with its isolate lakes and valleys, its deaf-mutes, thieves.
    William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)