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isolable

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[ahy-suh-luh-buhl, is-uh-] / ˈaɪ sə lə bəl, ˈɪs ə- /

adjective

  1. capable of being isolated. isolated.


Other Word Forms

  • isolability noun
  • nonisolable adjective

Etymology

Origin of isolable

First recorded in 1850–55; isol(ate) + -able

Example Sentences

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This end is best fulfilled by conceiving entities that under some point of view are practically isolable from the context in which they occur.

From Project Gutenberg

We shall see that matter has a tendency to constitute isolable systems, that can be treated geometrically.

From Project Gutenberg

Other finite fields of consciousness seem in point of fact not to be similarly resolvable into isolable parts.

From Project Gutenberg