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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]]
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