different between isolate vs triphenylene

English

Etymology

Back-formation from isolated, from French isolé, from Italian isolato, from Latin insulatus (cognate with insulate).

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /?a?s?le?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /?a?s?l?t/

Verb

isolate (third-person singular simple present isolates, present participle isolating, simple past and past participle isolated)

1. (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
2. (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
4. (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
5. (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
6. (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
7. (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
8. (intransitive) To self-isolate.

Translations

Noun

isolate (plural isolates)

1. Something that has been isolated.

Translations

Related terms

• insulant
• insular
• insularity
• insulate
• insulation
• insulator
• isolatable (adjective)
• isolated (adjective)
• isolating (adjective)
• isolation (noun)
• isolationism (noun)
• isolative (adjective)
• isolator (noun)

Anagrams

• Aeolist, et alios, tea oils

Interlingua

Participle

isolate

1. past participle of isolar

Italian

Adjective

isolate

1. feminine plural of isolato

Verb

isolate

1. second-person plural present of isolare
2. second-person plural imperative of isolare

Participle

isolate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of isolare

Anagrams

• alitose, oliaste, solatie

English

Etymology

tri- +? phenylene

Noun

triphenylene (countable and uncountable, plural triphenylenes)

1. (organic chemistry) A flat polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, isolated from coal tar, consisting of four fused benzene rings.

Synonyms

• isochrysene