Containment Definition

kən-tānmənt
noun
A containing or being contained.
Webster's New World
A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest.
American Heritage
A structure or system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive materials from a reactor.
American Heritage

(uncountable, countable) Something contained.

Wiktionary

(countable, mathematics) An inclusion.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Containment

Noun

Singular:
containment
Plural:
containments

Origin of Containment

  • contain +‎ -ment

    From Wiktionary

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