containment lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• the act of containing; keeping something from spreading "the containment of the AIDS epidemic" "the containment of the rebellion"
• (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
• a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to ..."
• Provision of physical and biological barriers to the dissemination of potentially hazardous biologically active agents (bacteria, viruses, recombinant DNA, etc.). Physical containment involves the use of special equipment, facilities, and procedures to prevent the escape of the agent. Biological containment includes use of immune personnel and the selection of agents and hosts that will minimize the risk should the agent escape the containment facility.