containment
noun
- in computuer programming, a composition that is used to store several instances of the composited data type
- holding within
- act of restraint, halting the spread of
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪnmənt/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh₁-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English containment From contain + -ment.
- The state of being contained.
“A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes.”
- The state of containing.
- Something contained.
“The containment of a rich man's estate.”
- 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.
“Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back.”
- A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
- An inclusion.