isolations
States of seclusion
Isolations is the plural of isolation, the state of being separated or set apart.
In dance and fitness, isolations are movements that engage one body part independently while keeping others still: We practiced head and shoulder isolations in class.
In music production, isolations are tracks with single instruments extracted from a mix: Someone posted vocal isolations from the original recording.
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- segregationForced separation by group
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- separationState of being apart
detachment · removal · withdrawal · confinement · insulation · partition · compartmentalization · disconnection
State of lacking companions
- alonenessState of being solitary
- solitudeState of being alone
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
- desolationState of complete emptiness
abandonment · hermitage · reclusion · retreat · solitariness · forlornness · emptiness · desertion
Act of removing
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- separationState of being apart
- specimenIndividual for examination
- cultureCollective social practices
sample · compound · reagent · centrifuge · filtration · distillation · chromatography · precipitation
Quality of being faraway
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- outpostRemote military station
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
- islandWater-bounded land mass
peninsula · wilderness · frontier · backwater · hinterland · periphery · borderland · territory
quarantine
Isolation preventing disease transmission
- segregationForced separation by group
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
separation · detachment · removal · withdrawal · confinement · insulation · partition · compartmentalization · disconnection · exclusion
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- alonenessState of being solitary
- solitudeState of being alone
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
desolation · abandonment · hermitage · reclusion · retreat · solitariness · forlornness · emptiness · desertion · alienation
extraction
Act of removing
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- separationState of being apart
- specimenIndividual for examination
culture · sample · compound · reagent · centrifuge · filtration · distillation · chromatography · precipitation · laboratory
remoteness
Quality of being faraway
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- outpostRemote military station
- enclaveSurrounded distinct territory
island · peninsula · wilderness · frontier · backwater · hinterland · periphery · borderland · territory · colony
insulation
Thermal transfer prevention
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
- soundproofingPreventing noise transmission
- shieldingProtecting from harm
buffering · padding · barrier · membrane · gasket · seal · vibration · thermal · acoustic · electrical
- Belly Dancebelly dance, shimmy, shimmies, undulation, undulations
- street dancebreaking, breakdancing, b-boying, popping, locking
- Jazz Dancejazz hands, jazz square, jazz walk, ball change, kick ball change
- Latin dancesbachata, cha-cha, cumbia, mambo, merengue
- modern dancemodern dance, contemporary dance, Martha Graham, Isadora Duncan, interpretive dance
isolationsconnections
Relationships between things
unions · gatherings · associations · communities · fellowships
isolationscombinations
Unions of separate parts
connections · mergers · integrations · syntheses · unifications
isolationsexposures
Instances of being revealed
contacts · interactions · circulations · minglings · immersions
- isolation wardSealed medical containment area
- social isolationLack of human contact
- working in isolation
- emotional isolationDisconnection from others' feelings
- home isolationStaying in during illness
- isolation boothSoundproofed solo enclosure