unisolated
Definition
- Adjective:
- Not isolated: "unisolated" describes something that is not separated, set apart, or kept in isolation from others. It can refer to physical, social, medical, electrical, or chemical contexts where separation is absent.
Usage Examples
General:
- The village remained unisolated, connected to the main road by a new bridge. (The village was not cut off or separated from the surrounding area.)
Medical:
- The patient was unisolated after tests showed no contagious disease. (The patient was not kept in quarantine or separation.)
Electrical:
- An unisolated wire can cause a short circuit if it touches another conductor. (A wire without insulation or separation from other conductors.)
Chemical:
- The compound was found in an unisolated state within the mixture. (The chemical was not separated or extracted from the mixture.)
Advanced Usage
"to remain unisolated": to stay connected or not be separated.
- The community remained unisolated despite the flood, thanks to emergency supplies. (The community was not cut off from help.)
"unisolated system": a system that interacts with its environment.
- In physics, an unisolated system exchanges energy with its surroundings. (A system that is not closed off from external influence.)
Variants and Related Words
Isolated (adj): separated from others; set apart.
- The isolated cabin was deep in the forest. (The cabin was far from other buildings.)
Isolation (n): the state of being separated from others.
- The patient was placed in isolation to prevent the spread of infection. (The state of being kept apart.)
Isolate (v): to set apart or separate.
- Scientists isolate the virus for study. (They separate it from other elements.)
Synonyms
- Connected: linked or joined to something else.
- Integrated: combined into a whole; not separate.
- Unsegregated: not separated by race, class, or other distinctions.
- Non-insulated: not protected by a non-conductive material (in electrical contexts).
Related Idioms
No idiom directly uses "unisolated", but related expressions include:
- "In touch with": maintaining communication or connection.
- She stayed in touch with her family, so she was never unisolated. (She remained connected.)
"Part of the whole": not separated from a larger group or system.
- The unisolated component was part of the larger machine. (It was not removed or separated.)