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isolated
Verb
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If you isolate something, you make it so that it does not or cannot contact certain other things.
We went to isolate ourselves from everyday worries.
The prisoner was isolated to protect him from attack.
Britain is isolated from the rest of Europe by the Channel.
isolated
Adjective
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If something is isolated it is alone.
As she got older and her friends moved away, she became more and more isolated.
node
Noun
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A node is a centre point, where parts meet.
The railway station was the town's transport node where all the buses stopped.
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A node is a swelling or a lump.
The doctor examined his armpit to feel the lymph node.
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A node is a swelling on a plant which becomes a new branch or leaf.
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A node is the point on a wave where the amplitude is zero.
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A node is the point on an orbit where it crosses a plane.
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(computing) A node is a computer in the context of a network.