isolated system

American  

[ahy-suh-layt-id sis-tuhm] / ˈaɪ səˌleɪt ɪd ˈsɪs təm /

noun

plural

isolated systems

1. Physics. a system whose matter and energy are not exchanged with its surroundings.

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isolated system Scientific  

/ ī′sə-lā′tĭd /

1. See closed system

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Example Sentences

Previous simulations had considered the solar system as an isolated system, a clockwork cosmos in which the main perturbations to planetary orbits were internal, resulting from asteroids.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2024

In liquid water, proton transfer is the only reaction mechanism, whilst, in the isolated system, electron-transfer dominates and proton-transfer is a minor channel, but could still be identified in DESIREE.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024

At the heart of the second law of infodynamics is the concept of entropy – a measure of disorder, which always rises over time in an isolated system.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2023

The altimeter no longer just an isolated system that the pilot reads and interprets “In older generation airplanes, that was sort of an isolated system that the pilot would read and interpret,” he explained.

From The Verge • Jan. 27, 2022

Slavery is not an isolated system, but is so mingled with the business of the world, that it derives facilities from the most innocent transactions.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.