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Noun
/kənˈtānmənt/,
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The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits,
  1. The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits
    • - the containment of the AIDS epidemic
  2. The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
    • - a policy of containment
  1. 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. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
  3. the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"
  4. Containment was a United States policy using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to stall the spread of communism, enhance America’s security and influence abroad, and prevent a "domino effect". ...
  5. Containment, is a term used in real-time strategy's to describe the act of controlling an enemy player's advancement, while often expanding oneself.
  6. Description: Containment means the prevention of the spread of organisms outside the facilities which may be achieved by physical containment (the use of good work practices, equipment and installation design) and/or biological containment (the use of organisms which have reduced ability to ...
  7. Containment means restricting an organism or substance to a secure location or facility to prevent escape; and includes, in respect of genetically modified organisms, field testing and large scale fermentation.
  8. the structures which enclose the reactor, designed to prevent the escape of radiation from the reactor to the outside environment. Some reactors of the former Soviet Union (i.e. Chernobyl’s RBMK) do not have containment structures. ...
  9. stopping the migration of solid or liquid, polluted substances out of a particular area using a boom.
  10. means a process to protect workers and the environment by controlling exposure to the lead-contaminated dust and debris created during an abatement project.
  11. Prevention of agent transmission from one point to another (primary, secondary, absolute, partial, total).
  12. Using either long curtains or rigid plastic to maintain a physical barrier between a hot and cold aisle. Keeping warm exhaust air away from the intake of the server racks is a crucial part of making any data center more efficient.
  13. A window contains the pointer if the window is viewable and the hotspot of the cursor is within a visible region of the window or a visible region of one of its inferiors. The border of the window is included as part of the window for containment. ...
  14. Barriers which, in the event of a spill, can prevent spilled materials from reaching the environment
  15. Keeping an invasive species within a defined area..
  16. System used to bring leaking oil from a subsea wellhead in a controlled way to the surface for storage and disposal
  17. The provision of a gastight shell or other enclosure around a nuclear reactor to confine fission products that otherwise might be released into the atmosphere in the event of an accident.
  18. A protective action that prevents an adversary force from escaping from and/or removing a Department of Energy (DOE) safeguards and security interest from DOE or DOE contractor control. A protection strategy of the same name. ...
  19. A remediation method that seals off all possible exposure pathways between a hazardous disposal site and the environment, which generally includes capping and institutional controls.
  20. the act, process, or means to keep within prescribed limits
  21. Radioactive materials are confined in the smallest possible space and kept out of the environment. Radioactive isotopes for medical use, for example, are dispensed in closed handling facilities, while nuclear reactors operate within closed systems with multiple barriers which keep the ...
  22. Technologies that reduce the mobility of a contaminant via construction of physical barriers. Also used to reduce the flow of water through contaminated material.
  23. For items that are granulated, paper-based packages are the best, with a sealing system to prevent infiltration of moisture into the product. Other products are packaged using metal cans, plastic bags and bottles, and glass containers. ...
  24. (service protection) backflow preventers are installed at the meter.
  25. Extent to which fumes are confined within the hood compartment.