containment

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being contained.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of containing.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something contained.
  4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  5. (countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
  6. (countable) An inclusion.

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C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kənˈteɪnmənt/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From contain + -ment.

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