containment
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 containment
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.
2 containment
physics A system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor.
3 containment
The act of containing; keeping something from spreading.
werkwoord
Roget 229: circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround etc. 227; compass about; imprison etc. (restrain) 751; hedge in, ... meer laten zien
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine, Truman Doctrine, appeasement, balance of power, brinkmanship, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, coexistence, colonialism, compromise, detente, deterrence ... meer laten zien.
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