Containment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the act or condition of containing.
  2. an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation.
  3. an act or policy of limiting the expansion or spread of a natural disaster, contagious disease, or other dangerous thing: Containment of the wildfire reached nearly 40% before powerful winds carried embers over the perimeter, reducing containment.Local farmers notified authorities of sick and dying birds more quickly than the previous year, ensuring quick containment of infection on the farm.
  4. (in a nuclear power plant) an enclosure completely surrounding a nuclear reactor, designed to prevent the release of radioactive material in the event of an accident.
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  1. the act or condition of containing, esp of restraining the ideological or political power of a hostile country or the operations of a hostile military force
  2. (from 1947 to the mid-1970s) a principle of US foreign policy that sought to prevent the expansion of Communist power
  3. the process of preventing the plasma in a controlled thermonuclear reactor from reaching the walls of the reaction vessel, usually by confining it within a configuration of magnetic fields
Containment (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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