Containment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 influence
        or territorial growth of a hostile nation.
  
     Note: The policy of containment is employed when the defeat
           of a hostile nation or overthrow of its government is
           considered impractical or too costly.
           [PJC]
  
     4. the act of restricting some deleterious substance within a
        confined space, especially when such material is released
        unintentionally or by accident; as, containment of nuclear
        waste; containment of an oil spill. Also used
        attributively, as a containment boom.
        [PJC]
  
     5. a structure surrounding a nuclear power plant designed to
        prevent release of radioactive materials into the
        environment in the event of an accident.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  containment
       n 1: a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check
            the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force
            it to negotiate pecefully; "containment of communist
            expansion was a central principle of United States'
            foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
       2: (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental
          release of radioactive material from a reactor
       3: (military) the act of containing something or someone;
          keeping it from spreading; "the army was charged with the
          containment of the rebel forces"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "containment":
     Eisenhower Doctrine, Monroe Doctrine, Nixon Doctrine,
     Truman Doctrine, appeasement, balance of power, brinkmanship,
     cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture,
     circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, coexistence,
     colonialism, compromise, detente, deterrence, diplomacy,
     diplomatic, diplomatics, dollar diplomacy, dollar imperialism,
     embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment,
     enfoldment, envelopment, environment, expansionism,
     foreign affairs, foreign policy, girding, girdling,
     good-neighbor policy, imperialism, inclusion, internationalism,
     involvement, isolationism, manifest destiny, militarism,
     nationalism, neocolonialism, neutralism, nonresistance, open door,
     open-door policy, peace offensive, peaceful coexistence,
     preparedness, shirt-sleeve diplomacy, shuttle diplomacy,
     spheres of influence, surrounding, the big stick, tough policy,
     world politics