Isolation 702945 222649991 2008-06-30T12:54:10Z JAnDbot 1725149 robot Removing: [[es:Aislamiento]] Modifying: [[ja:アイソレーション]] {{Wiktionarypar|isolation}} The term '''Isolation''' may refer to: * [[Solitude]], the psychological phenomenon * [[Solitary confinement]] * [[Isolation tank]], sensory deprivation tank * [[Isolating language]], description of a language type * Isolation effect, also known as the [[Von Restorff effect]], psychological effect of distinctive items more easily 'remembered' * People or tribes living [[uncontacted tribes|in isolation]] from the outside world. In '''politics''' * [[Splendid isolation]], British foreign policy of the late 19th century * [[Encirclement]], of an opposing force in warfare * [[Isolationism]], political phenomenon where a country removes itself from international affairs In '''games and entertainment''' * [[Isolation (poker)]], raise designed to encourage others to fold * [[Isolation (film)|''Isolation'' (film)]], 2005 Irish horror movie written and directed by Billy O'Brian * [[Isolation (John Lennon song)|"Isolation" (John Lennon song)]] (1970) by John Lennon * [[Isolation (Joy Division song)|"Isolation" (Joy Division song)]] (1980) by Joy Division * [[Isolation (album)|''Isolation'' (album)]] (1984), album by Toto * ''Isolation'' (1996), album by [[Die Krupps]] In '''other uses''' * [[Isolation (database systems)]], in computer science * [[Isolator switch]] for electrical isolation. * [[Optical isolator]], permitting passage of light in only one direction * [[Isolation (illusion)]], an illusion where a ball or other object is made to appear stationary in space. * [[Topographic isolation]] in geodesy, surveying, and mountaineering * [[Speciation]], separation of two populations of a species * [[Isolated point]] in topology (mathematics) ==See also== * [[Insulation]] {{disambig}} [[bg:Изолация]] [[cs:Izolace]] [[de:Isolierung]] [[fr:Isolation]] [[nl:Isolatie]] [[ja:アイソレーション]] [[ru:Изоляция]]