ALL meanings of containment
con·tain·ment
C c - uncountable noun containment Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country's power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries. 3
- uncountable noun containment The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is the act or process of keeping it under control within a particular area or place. 3
- noun containment the act or condition of containing, esp of restraining the ideological or political power of a hostile country or the operations of a hostile military force 3
- noun containment (from 1947 to the mid-1970s) a principle of US foreign policy that sought to prevent the expansion of Communist power 3
- noun containment the process of preventing the plasma in a controlled thermonuclear reactor from reaching the walls of the reaction vessel, usually by confining it within a configuration of magnetic fields 3
- noun containment a containing or being contained 3
- noun containment the policy of attempting to prevent the influence of an opposing nation or political system from spreading 3
- noun containment the U.S. post-WWII policy of checking the political and territorial expansion of the U.S.S.R. 3
- noun containment the systems used to confine highly radioactive experiments, fusion experiments, etc., esp. the steel and concrete shell used in a nuclear power plant 3
- noun containment restricting spread of sth 1
- noun containment confinement of materials 1
- noun containment The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. 1
- noun containment the act or condition of containing. 1
- noun containment an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation. 1
- noun containment (in a nuclear power plant) an enclosure completely surrounding a nuclear reactor, designed to prevent the release of radioactive material in the event of an accident. 1
- noun containment (Uncountable Noun) The state of being contained. 0
- noun containment (Uncountable Noun) NC The state of containing. 0
- noun containment (Uncountable Noun) NC Something contained. 0
- noun containment (Uncountable Noun) NC a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War. 0
- noun containment (Countable Noun) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant. 0
- noun containment (Countable Noun) (mathematics) an inclusion. 0