Engelsk substantiv: containment | |||
1. | containment (om erkjendelse) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | policy | ||
2. | containment (om gjenstand) (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | system | ||
Overordnet kategori | natural philosophy, physics | ||
3. | containment (om handling) the act of containing; keeping something from spreading | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The containment of the AIDS epidemic. The containment of the rebellion. | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | restraint | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | ring containment | ||