Containment

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• Containment — Con*tain ment, n. 1. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The containment of a rich man s estate. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. the act of containing. [PJC] 3. (Diplomacy) the act or policy of restricting the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Containment — bedeutet Eindämmung bzw. Zusammenhalten und bezeichnet eine Aggregation in der Informatik eine Sicherheitseinrichtung in Kernkraftwerken, siehe Sicherheitsbehälter einen Teil der Truman Doktrin gegen die Ausbreitung des Kommunismus: Containment… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• containment — [kən tān′mənt] n. a containing or being contained; esp., a) the policy of attempting to prevent the influence of an opposing nation or political system from spreading b) the U.S. post WWII policy of checking the political and territorial… …   English World dictionary

• Containment — См. Контейнмент Термины атомной энергетики. Концерн Росэнергоатом, 2010 …   Термины атомной энергетики

• containment — index blockade (enclosure), constraint (imprisonment), enclosure, quota, restraint, restriction …   Law dictionary

• containment — 1650s, action or fact of containing, from CONTAIN (Cf. contain) + MENT (Cf. ment). As an international policy of the West vs. the Soviet Union, recorded from 1947 …   Etymology dictionary

• containment — ► NOUN ▪ the action of keeping something harmful under control …   English terms dictionary

• Containment — This article is about the United States policy. For other uses, see Containment (disambiguation). A 1962 nuclear explosion as seen through the periscope of a U.S. Navy submarine. Containment was a United States policy using military, economic,… …   Wikipedia

• containment — [[t]kənte͟ɪnmənt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country s power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries. 2) N UNCOUNT: usu N of n The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is… …   English dictionary

• containment — /keuhn tayn meuhnt/, n. 1. the act or condition of containing. 2. an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, esp. a hostile nation. 3. (in a nuclear power plant) an enclosure completely surrounding …   Universalium

• Containment — Con|tain|ment 〈[ tɛın ] n. 15〉 1. äußere Betonhülle um Kernreaktoren 2. 〈Pol.〉 Eindämmung, Begrenzung [engl., „Abwehr“] * * * Containment   [kən teɪnmənt; englisch »Eindämmung«] das, s/ s,    1) Geschichte: die namentlich von G. F. Kennan 1947… …   Universal-Lexikon