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containment Definition

con·tain·ment (kən tān′mənt)

noun

a containing or being contained; esp.,

  1. the policy of attempting to prevent the influence of an opposing nation or political system from spreading
  2. the U.S. post-WWII policy of checking the political and territorial expansion of the U.S.S.R.
  3. the systems used to confine highly radioactive experiments, fusion experiments, etc., esp. the steel and concrete shell used in a nuclear power plant

containment Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • communism: Truman voices the " Truman doctrine " - containment of communism for fear of domino effect.
  • disease: Responses include urgent veterinary treatment, the containment of diseases, mobile clinics and the rebuilding of destroyed infrastructure.

Converse of object

  • ensure: To ensure containment, the sash of the fume cupboard must be below the required level.
  • achieve: Engineering Details The landfill facility is engineered to achieve full containment of landfill gas and leachate.
  • require: That is why Class III cabinets are used for work with pathogens that require higher containment.

Adjective modifier

  • secondary: Secondary containment must be used around systems which contain mercury.
  • biological: It is intended for those professionals who are designing and building Biological Containment Level 3 laboratories for the MRC or Imperial College.
  • dual: Clinton's policy has been the dual containment of Iraq and Iran.
  • safe: Pritchard has a 10 point plan for reducing abuse, ranging from social policy initiatives to the safe containment of offenders.
  • physical: Group concluded that improvements were needed in physical containment... some of these issues, including runoff of pollutants into closed.. .
  • primary: A Dounreay spokeswoman said " None of the evidence so far suggests there is a failure of the primary concrete containment.

Modifies a noun

  • hierarchy: The Chomsky hierarchy is a containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars that generate formal languages.
  • laboratory: All recombinant DNA work must be carried out in an appropriate containment laboratory.
  • measure: The major containment measure is the bowl, itself not a serviceable item.
  • vessel: It costs more to build the original plant because you need extremely strong pipes and containment vessels.
  • facility: The containment facility of the finished product is lowered to 8m.
  • level: At containment level 3 these should be should be just one part of a more detailed Code of Practice.

Noun used with modifier

  • waste: The presentation will review the 5 papers covering the very recent issues on waste containment.
  • cost: Given that the whole thrust of the last three years has been cost containment, the answer must be to go with the cheapest!
  • self: Local retail study in 1999 shows a high level of self containment.