isorate -
v.tr. 1 a place apart or alone, cut off from society. b place (a patient thought to be contagious or infectious) in quarantine.
2 a identify and separate for attention (isolated the problem). b Chem. separate (a substance) from a mixture.
3 insulate (
electrical apparatus).
isolable adj. isolatable adj. isolator n. [orig. in past part., f. F isol÷ f. It. isolato f. LL insulatus f. L insula island]