English dictionary

containment

/k/@/n't/eI/nm/@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.cognition

Examples
Containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975.

Source: WordNet 3.0
(physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of containing; keeping something from spreading

noun.act

Examples
The containment of the AIDS epidemic.

The containment of the rebellion.

Source: WordNet 3.0
That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

noun

Source: webster1913